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p-brane

/ˈpiːbɹeɪn/

p-brane noun: a p-dimensional brane, where p is any whole number.

Noun

p-brane (plural p-branes)

  1. A p-dimensional brane, where p is any whole number.

Forms of p-brane

pluralp-branes

Origin of p-brane

Coined by M. J. Duff et al. in 1988.

Questions about p-brane

What does p-brane mean?
P-brane means a p-dimensional brane, where p is any whole number.
What part of speech is p-brane?
P-brane is a noun.
How do you pronounce p-brane?
P-brane is pronounced /ˈpiːbɹeɪn/.
What is the plural of p-brane?
The plural of p-brane is p-branes.

Words near p-brane in the dictionary

  1. P-bar
  2. P-bars
  3. p-block
  4. p-box
  5. p-boxes
  6. p-brane
  7. p-branes
  8. P-cell
  9. P-Celtic
  10. p-code
  11. P-cola

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