wormhole

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Alternative forms

• worm-hole
• worme-hole (obsolete)

Etymology

worm +‎ hole

Noun

wormhole ‎(plural wormholes)

1. a hole burrowed by a worm
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece

     To fill with worme-holes stately monuments.

2. (physics) A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.

Synonyms

• (a spacetime construct): Einstein-Rosen bridge

Related terms

• (a spacetime construct): black hole, white hole

Translations

a hole burrowed by a worm

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蟲洞 (zh), 虫洞 (zh) ‎(chóngdòng)

• Finnish: madonreikä
• French: trou de ver (fr) m
• German: Wurmloch (de) n
• Irish: poll péiste m
• Macedonian: црвоточина f ‎(crvotóčina)

• Portuguese: buraco de minhoca m
• Russian: червото́чина (ru) f ‎(červotóčina)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црвоточина f

  Roman: crvotočina (sh) f

• Spanish: agujero de gusano m

a shortcut between distant parts of space

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蟲洞 (zh), 虫洞 (zh) ‎(chóngdòng), 蛀孔 (zh) ‎(zhùkǒng), 蠹孔 ‎(dùkǒng)

• Czech: červí díra f
• Finnish: madonreikä
• French: trou de ver (fr) m
• German: Wurmloch (de) n
• Hebrew: חוּר־תּוֹלַעַת (he) m ‎(khor toláat)
• Hungarian: féreglyuk (hu)
• Italian: cunicolo (it) m
• Japanese: ワームホール ‎(wāmuhōru)

• Macedonian: црвоточина f ‎(crvotóčina)
• Polish: tunel czasoprzestrzenny m
• Portuguese: buraco de minhoca m
• Russian: крото́вая нора́ f ‎(krotóvaja norá) (mole hole), крото́вина (ru) f ‎(krotóvina), червото́чина (ru) f ‎(červotóčina)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црвоточина f

  Roman: crvotočina (sh) f

• Spanish: agujero de gusano m
• Swedish: maskhål n

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჭიანაჭამი ‎(č̣ianač̣ami)