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   string

   /strɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length: "unwieldy packs tied up with string" Similar twinecordyarnthreadstrandfibreropecablelinewireligaturethonghawserrare:fillis
   • ▪ a piece of string used to tie round or attach to something: "the elephant mask had a trunk you could raise by pulling a string"
   • ▪ a piece of catgut or similar material interwoven with others to form the head of a sports racket.
   • ▪ a length of catgut or wire on a musical instrument, producing a note by vibration: "the D string broke"
   • ▪ the stringed instruments in an orchestra: "the blend of the wind-group is less perfect than that of the strings" Similar stringed instruments
   • ▪ relating to or consisting of stringed instruments: "a string quartet"
   • 2. a set of things tied or threaded together on a thin cord: "she wore a string of agates round her throat" Similar strandropenecklacerosarychaplet
   • ▪ a sequence of similar items or events: "a string of burglaries" Similar seriessuccessionchainsequenceconcatenationrunstreakpattern
   • ▪ a linear sequence of characters, words, or other data.
   • ▪ a group of racehorses trained at one stable.
   • ▪ a reserve team or player holding a specified position in an order of preference: "the village team held Rangers' second string to a 0–0 draw"
   • ▪ a player assigned a specified rank in a team in an individual sport such as squash: "Taylor lost to third string Baines"
   • 3. a tough piece of fibre in vegetables, meat, or other food, such as a tough elongated piece connecting the two halves of a bean pod.
   • 4. a G-string or thong.
   • 5. short for stringboard
   • 6. a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having the dynamical properties of a flexible loop.
   • ▪ a hypothetical threadlike concentration of energy within the structure of space–time.

   verb

   • 1. hang (something) so that it stretches in a long line: "lights were strung across the promenade" Similar hangsuspendslingstretchthreadloopfestoonstretchslingrunfastentiesecurelink
   • ▪ thread (a series of small objects) on a string: "he collected stones with holes in them and strung them on a strong cord" Similar threadlooplinkjoin
   • ▪ be arranged in a long line: "the houses were strung along the road"
   • 2. fit a string or strings to (a musical instrument, a racket, or a bow): "the harp had been newly strung"
   • 3. remove the strings from (a bean).
   • 4. hoax or trick (someone): informal North American "I'm not stringing you—I'll eat my shirt if it's not true"
   • 5. work as a stringer in journalism: informal "he strings for almost every French radio service"
   • 6. determine the order of play by striking the cue ball from baulk to rebound off the top cushion, first stroke going to the player whose ball comes to rest nearer the bottom cushion.

   Word Origin Old Englishstreng (noun), of Germanic origin; related to German Strang, also to strong. The verb (dating from late Middle English) is first recorded in the senses ‘arrange in a row’ and ‘fit with a string’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stringless adjective
   • 2. stringlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › String_(computer_science)String (computer science) - Wikipedia

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   Strings are typically made up of characters, and are often used to store human-readable data, such as words or sentences. In computer programming, a string is traditionally a sequence of characters, either as a literal constant or as some kind of variable.

3. www.geeksforgeeks.org › what-is-stringWhat is String - Definition & Meaning - GeeksforGeeks

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   Jan 19, 2024 · A string is a sequence of characters, terminated by a null character, that can be ordered, indexed, and compared. Learn about the characteristics, applications, advantages, and disadvantages of strings in data structures and algorithms.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTRING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of string as a noun, adjective, and verb in different contexts, such as rope, music, computing, and sport. See how to use string in phrases and idioms, and compare British and American usage.

5. techterms.com › definition › stringString Definition - What is a string in computer programming?

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   A string is a data type that represents text, such as words, phrases, or numbers. Learn how to use strings in programming languages, how to compare them, and how to determine their length.

6. developer.mozilla.org › Reference › Global_ObjectsString - JavaScript | MDN - MDN Web Docs

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   Jun 13, 2024 · Description. Strings are useful for holding data that can be represented in text form.

7. press.rebus.community › chapter › string-data-typeString Data Type – Programming Fundamentals

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   Learn what a string data type is and how it is implemented in different programming languages. A string is a sequence of characters that can be stored as a literal constant or a variable.

8. www.geeksforgeeks.org › strings-in-cStrings in C - GeeksforGeeks

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   Mar 7, 2024 · Learn how to declare, initialize, read, and print strings in C programming. A string is a sequence of characters terminated with a null character '\\0'.