Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An eleven-dimensional field theory that attempts to unite the theory of gravity with the other fundamental forces by postulating the graviton's supersymmetric partner, the gravitino.
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- noun physics A
field theory combiningsupersymmetry andgeneral relativity .
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Bruno Zumino and Julius Wess were producing highly intriguing papers, while Van Nieuwenhuizen and Sergio Ferrara, and many others were making progress in supergravity.
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They were more interested in a competing theory called supergravity, and in more traditional quantum field theory sans gravity, the standard model.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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They were more interested in a competing theory called supergravity, and in more traditional quantum field theory sans gravity, the standard model.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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They were more interested in a competing theory called supergravity, and in more traditional quantum field theory sans gravity, the standard model.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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In the sequel "The Universe in a Nutshell," published in 2001, Hawking looked into concepts such as supergravity and the possibility of a universe with 11 dimensions.
Toronto Sun 2009
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In the sequel "The Universe in a Nutshell," published in 2001, Hawking looked into concepts such as supergravity and the possibility of a universe with 11 dimensions.
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In the sequel "The Universe in a Nutshell," published in 2001, Hawking looked into concepts such as supergravity and the possibility of a universe with 11 dimensions.
CTV News RSS Feed 2009
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In the sequel "The Universe in a Nutshell," published in 2001, Hawking looked into concepts such as supergravity and the possibility of a universe with 11 dimensions.
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In the sequel "The Universe in a Nutshell," published in 2001, Hawking looked into concepts such as supergravity and the possibility of a universe with 11 dimensions.
SFGate: Top News Stories Associated Press Writer By DEAN CARSON 2009
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In the sequel "The Universe in a Nutshell," published in 2001, Hawking looked into concepts such as supergravity and the possibility of a universe with 11 dimensions.
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