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brane has definition Any of the extended objects that arise in string theory. A one-brane is a string, a two-brane is a membrane, a three-brane has three extended dimensions, etc. More generally, a p-brane has p spatial dimensions. has source: Greene, B. 1999 The Elegant Universe, W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 2001-09-27 09:33:59.0
is a kind of string theory

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brane	has definition Any of the extended objects that arise in string theory. A one-brane is a string, a two-brane is a membrane, a three-brane has three extended dimensions, etc. More generally, a p-brane has p spatial dimensions.
brane	is a kind of string theory
theory	has validity correct or incorrect with caveats
	has author or reasearch group
	has domain a field of research
	has date or a range of dates for which the theory was active