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  • noun mathematics, physics A multidimensional membrane (a brane) posited in some theories of everything

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  • One illustration of this was the significance of 11 dimensional supergravity and the 11d supermembrane for string theory, which was moved from O to R in 95.

    Not Even Wrong Sean 2005

  • The nerve network of the coelenterate does the same thing, acting as a supermembrane of a supercell.

    The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

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