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Wormhole

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A hole made by a burrowing worm.

n. Physics A theoretical distortion of space-time in a region of the universe that would link one location or time with another, through a path that is shorter in distance or duration than would otherwise be expected.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. a hole burrowed by a worm

n. A hypothetical shortcut between two points in spacetime, permitting faster-than-light travel and sometimes time travel.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A burrow made by a worm.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The hole or track made by a worm, as in timber, fruit, etc.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. hole made by a burrowing worm

Word Usage

"This wormhole is then used by the attacker to install coding that turns your PC into an obedient “bot,” reporting to a command-and-control server operated by the “botmaster.”"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

hollow hole

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