wormhole
Americannoun
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wormholes
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a hole made by a burrowing or gnawing worm, as in timber, nuts, etc.
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a theoretical passageway in space between a black hole and a white hole.
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a hole made by a worm in timber, plants, etc
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physics a tunnel in the geometry of space–time postulated to connect different parts of the universe
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A hole made by a burrowing worm.
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A theoretical distortion of space-time that would link points in space through a second set of paths, some of which could be shorter than the shortest path without the wormhole. It is not known whether workholes are possible.
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See more at space-time
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In her waking hours, Elle is the movie star of a “Barbarella”–like space adventure about an all-female crew who zips through a wormhole and crash lands on a crystalline planet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Nevertheless, the wormhole metaphor flourished in popular culture and speculative theoretical physics.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
And I fell into a deep Instagram wormhole after I was exposed, via my Explore page, to some truly mesmerizing Anne Geddes–knockoff A.I. baby fashion shows.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
From cats and cucumbers to pimple popping and unboxings, the internet is awash with a vast array of videos to send people into a social media wormhole.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024
A wormhole is a paradox caused by a zero in the equations of general relativity.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Furthermore, these angels can be ensorcelled into opening wormholes that transport humans through time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Ross: Other dimensions, everyone was fine with the wormholes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025
Stojkovic, who has previously proposed where to find theoretical wormholes, wondered if a PBH ever became trapped within a planet, moon or asteroid, either during or after its formation.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
A keen outdoor runner, he switched to a treadmill during lockdown; and now spends hours on a Peloton, using the time to watch Tarantino boxsets and fall down YouTube wormholes.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2023
We can imagine these wormholes as tubes running through a fourth physical dimension.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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