- General: A thin cord, usually made of twisted fibers, used for fastening,
hanging, or tying. Something that resembles string in form or texture.
- Music: A cord stretched across a musical instrument and vibrated to produce sound.
- Subatomic string; → string theory.
- → cosmic string.
Etymology (EN): M.E. string, streng;
O.E. streng “line, cord, thread;”
Du. streng,Ger. Strang “rope, cord;” PIE base
*strenk- “stiff, tight.”
Etymology (PE): Târ “thread, warp, string”
(related to tur “net, fishing net, snare,”
tâl “thread” (Borujerdi dialect),
tân “thread, warp of a web,” from tanidan, tan-
“to spin, twist, weave;” Mid.Pers. tanitan; Av. tan- to stretch, extend;"
cf. Skt. tan- to stretch, extend;" tanoti “stretches,”
tántra- “warp; essence, main point;”
Gk. teinein “to stretch, pull tight;” L. tendere “to stretch;”
Lith. tiñklas “net, fishing
net, snare,” Latv. tikls “net;” PIE base *ten- “to stretch”).
Rismân “thread, string, cord” variants rasan, ras, ris, razé,
rajé, rijé, rešmé, Mid.Pers. rasan, cf. Skt. rajju- “rope, cord,”
L. restis “cord,” Lith. resgis, rekstis “wicker basket,” O.L.G.
risch; PIE base *rezg- “to plait.”
