string

  1. Noun.  (countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
  2. Noun.  (uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
  3. Noun.  (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
  4. Noun.  (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
  5. Noun.  (countable) A series of items or events.
  6. Noun.  (countable, computing) An ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
  7. Noun.  (music, countable) A stringed instrument.
  8. Noun.  (music, usually in plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
  9. Noun.  (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively. (cf. no strings attached).
  10. Noun.  (countable) (physics) the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
  11. Noun.  A slang term for cannabis or marijuana.
  12. Noun.  A minigame of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
  14. Verb.  (transitive) To put strings on (something).

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.