cosmic string

British  

noun

1. a one-dimensional defect in space-time postulated in certain theories of cosmology to exist in the universe as a consequence of the big bang See also string

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Example Sentences

Riley celebrated his 90th birthday in June with two Tokyo concerts by the Kronos Quartet, one being, at the composer’s request, the Japanese premiere of Riley’s most cosmic string quartet, “Sun Rings.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025

The Nature report mentions another intriguing possibility for the lens effect: the cosmic string.

From Time Magazine Archive

The enormous mass would warp the region around a cosmic string so that space itself would act like a distorting lens.

From Time Magazine Archive

You could try to construct a cosmic-string time machine by finding a large loop of cosmic string and somehow manipulating it so it would contract rapidly under its own tension, like a rubber band.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Godel solution and the cosmic string space-time start out so distorted that travel into the past was always possible.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking