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twistors

twistors is the plural of twistor.

Meaning of twistor

Noun

twistor (plural twistors)

  1. Any of the complex-valued coordinates in twistor theory, which maps the geometric objects of conventional 3+1 space-time into geometric objects in a four-dimensional space, twistor space, with metric signature (2,2), a proposed path to a theory of quantum gravity.
    • Holonym: amplituhedron

Questions about twistors

What is twistors the plural of?
Twistors is the plural of twistor.

Words near twistors in the dictionary

  1. twistorial
  2. twistorially
  3. twistorian
  4. twistorians
  5. twistorlike
  6. twistors
  7. twistout
  8. twistouts
  9. twistronic
  10. twistronics
  11. twists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: twistors (page history and authors); twistor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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