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Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
  • A slang term for cannabis or marijuana
  • countable A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
  • countable Any long, thin and flexible object.
  • countable A series of items or events.
  • countable computer science An ordered sequence of symbols of a predetermined set or alphabet.
  • countable computing A data type storing a sequence of data values, usually bytes, in which elements usually stand for characters according to a character encoding.
  • countable computing A sequence of characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
  • countable physics the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics
  • countable|usually in plural A stringed instrument or the person playing that instrument.
  • uncountable Such a structure considered as a substance.

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Verb:

  • transitive To put (items) on a string.
  • transitive To put strings on (something).

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