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  • noun Plural form of wormhole.

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Examples

  • The pseudofabric structure of the wormholes was a photonic dead zone, a darkness so profound it seemed to be spilling out to contaminate the real universe.

    Some Memorable First Lines Liviu 2009

  • But physicists Thibault Damour of the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette, France, and Sergey Solodukhin of International University Bremen in Germany now say that these objects could be structures called wormholes instead.

    Black Holes and Alternate Universes William Harryman 2007

  • An interstellar civilization and economy connected by "Worms," aka wormholes, more or less, the latest version of the classical FTL fudge factor that must be employed in any science fiction novel set in an interstellar culture with meaningful interstellar commerce.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2005

  • The colonel had not referred to the wormholes as wormholes.

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • The colonel had not referred to the wormholes as wormholes.

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • The colonel had not referred to the wormholes as wormholes.

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • The colonel had not referred to the wormholes as wormholes.

    THE WAR OF THE PROPHETS JUDITH REEVES-STEVENS GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS 2000

  • The second aspect I find most interesting is discussion of the really way off technologies, such as wormholes and warp bubbles.

    Frontiers of Propulsion Science « dudegalea 2009

  • We also get a great scene between Carter and O'Neill as Jack tries to wrap his brain around the reality of 'wormholes', quite funny.

    Stargate SG-1 Watchathon - 'A Matter Of Time' (S02E16) 2009

  • The metaphor I like to use is a physicist's "wormholes" through space.

    General Petraeus, Will You Talk to Me Now? 2009

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