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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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
Surprise lurks around every corner and in every online wormhole.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
One end of the wormhole was at my house, and the other end was at Mars.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Yet there is no observational evidence for macroscopic wormholes, nor any compelling theoretical reason to expect them within Einstein’s theory.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
Ross: Other dimensions, everyone was fine with the wormholes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025
Within a couple of kilometers I too was divebombing mountain switchbacks and collapsing country roads into blurry wormholes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
The writer went down similar online wormholes himself on sites like 4Chan and Reddit in order to see the world through Jamie's eyes.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
We can imagine these wormholes as tubes running through a fourth physical dimension.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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