noun
- plural of brane: theoretical multidimensional objects in physics that can have various numbers of spatial dimensions
Usage: physics; theoretical
Examples
- String theory suggests that our universe might exist on one of many branes.
- Physicists study how branes interact in higher-dimensional space.
- The collision of branes could explain the Big Bang.
- Different branes may contain different types of matter.
- Scientists theorize that gravity can travel between branes.
- Membrane theory explores the properties of these branes.