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spin foam

spin foam noun: a topological structure made out of two-dimensional faces that represents one of the configurations that must be summed to obtain a Feynman's path integral description of quantum gravity.

Noun

spin foam (countable and uncountable, plural spin foams)

  1. A topological structure made out of two-dimensional faces that represents one of the configurations that must be summed to obtain a Feynman's path integral description of quantum gravity.

Forms of spin foam

pluralspin foams

Questions about spin foam

What does spin foam mean?
Spin foam means a topological structure made out of two-dimensional faces that represents one of the configurations that must be summed to obtain a Feynman's path integral description of quantum gravity.
What part of speech is spin foam?
Spin foam is a noun.
What is the plural of spin foam?
The plural of spin foam is spin foams.

Words near spin foam in the dictionary

  1. spin drift
  2. spin dryer
  3. spin dryers
  4. spin echo
  5. spin echoes
  6. spin foam
  7. spin foams
  8. Spin Ghar
  9. spin glass
  10. spin glasses
  11. spin Hall effect

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