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- noun physics A proposed extended object whose collective behaviour is considered to model the existence and properties of some
subatomic particles
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The US researchers have dubbed this new state, "string-net liquid," and even speculate that the entire universe could be made of it.
New State of Matter? And other scientific press releases 2007
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They do cupping and tattooing and also make reed mats, cane baskets, palm-leaf mats and fans, ropes from grass - and tree-fibre, brushes for the cotton-loom, string-net purses and balls, and so on; and the women commonly dance and act as prostitutes.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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