Wormholes

[wurm-hohl]

Origin

noun

a hole made by a burrowing or gnawing worm, as in timber, nuts, etc.

a theoretical passageway in space between a black hole and a white hole.

Origin:
1585–95; worm + hole

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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Word Origin & History

wormhole

1593, "hole made by a burrowing insect" (in fruit, etc.), from worm + hole. Astrophysics sense is attested from 1957.

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wormhole

(wûrm'hōl') Pronunciation Key

A hole made by a burrowing worm.
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. See more at space-time.

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