String
Generally, string is a flexible piece of rope or twine which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects.
Examples of string use include:
- For flying kites
- string figures, designs formed by weaving string around one's fingers
- A bow string, for propelling an arrow
- In musical instruments such as below
String or Strings may also refer to:
In science, computers or mathematics
- string (computer science), sequence of symbols or digits in computer programming
- connection string, a string that specifes information about a data source and the means of connecting to it
- string theory, a popular grand unified theory
- string (physics), one of the main objects of study in string theory
- black string is a higher dimensional (more than 4-dimensional) generalization of a black hole
- cosmic string, a hypothetical 1-dimensional (spatially) topological defect in various fields
- Dirac string, a fictitious one-dimensional curve in space, stretching between two magnetic monopoles
- string graph, an intersection graph of curves in the plane; each curve is called a "string"
- STRING (Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins), a database and web resource of known and predicted protein-protein interactions
In music:
- string instrument, a musical instrument that produces sound through vibrating strings
- strings (music), flexible material that provides vibrations in string instruments
- string section, the violins, violas, cellos and double basses of an orchestra, often abbreviated as "strings"
- string piano, a pianistic extended technique in which sound is produced by direct manipulation of the strings, rather than striking the piano's keys
- Strings (band), a pop rock band from Pakistan
- String (Thai pop), a genre of Thai pop music
- Strings, a 1994 album by Kristin Hersh
- Strings, the nickname of the Swedish musician Robert Dahlqvist
In sport:
- strings (tennis), the part of a tennis racquet which makes contact with the ball
- string, a series of consecutive wins in baseball
In medicine
Other meanings:
- G-string, V-string and C-string, three different kinds of thongs
- Stampede string, a long string usually made from leather or horsehair and typically run half-way around the crown of a cowboy hat
- Strings (1991 film), a Canadian animated short
- Strings (2004 film), a film directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund
- Strings (2011 film), a American dramatic thriller film
- A character controlled by Marik in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series
- "String" is a Monty Python sketch about a marketing campaign for string, appearing initially on their Contractual Obligation Album
- String bridge, the passage into the Jannah (Garden of Allah) in Islam
- red string (disambiguation), several different things
- yaw string, also known as a slip string, a simple device for indicating a slip or skid in an aircraft in flight
- casing string, a term from drilling technology
- string potentiometer, a transducer used to detect and measure linear position and velocity using a flexible cable and spring-loaded spool
- string puzzle, any mechanical puzzle where the emphasis is on manipulating one or more pieces of string or rope
- string bog
- string cheese, a common name for several different types of cheese
- Silly String, a child's toy, also known as aerosol string
- string trimmer, a device for cutting grass and other small plants
- String Lake, a lake in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
- String Publishing, an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content