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monstrous moonshine

monstrous moonshine noun: the unexpected connection between the Monster group and modular functions, now known to relate to a certain conformal field theory having the Monster group as symmetries.

Noun

monstrous moonshine (uncountable)

  1. The unexpected connection between the Monster group and modular functions, now known to relate to a certain conformal field theory having the Monster group as symmetries.

Origin of monstrous moonshine

Coined by John Conway and Simon P. Norton in 1979.

Questions about monstrous moonshine

What does monstrous moonshine mean?
Monstrous moonshine means the unexpected connection between the Monster group and modular functions, now known to relate to a certain conformal field theory having the Monster group as symmetries.
What part of speech is monstrous moonshine?
Monstrous moonshine is a noun.

Words near monstrous moonshine in the dictionary

  1. monstrosifying
  2. monstrosities
  3. monstrosity
  4. monstrous
  5. monstrous agreement
  6. monstrous moonshine
  7. monstrous regiment
  8. monstrousest
  9. monstrously
  10. monstrousness
  11. monstrousnesses

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