An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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cosmic string
  ریسمان ِ کیهانی  
rismân-e keyhâni
Fr.: corde cosmique  

A hypothetical → cosmic defect predicted to be infinitesimally small in cross section but enormously long and massive. Cosmic strings should not be confounded with → subatomic strings predicted by → string theory.

See also: → cosmic; → string.