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Look up String in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Generally, string is a thin, light duty piece of rope or twine which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects. String can be made from a variety of fibres. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary is a Wikimedia Foundation project intended to be a free wiki dictionary (hence: Wiktionary) (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ... Coils of rope used for long-line fishing A rope (IPA: ) is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. ... Twine is modern electronic music composed by Chad Mossholder and Greg Malcolm. ...


String may also refer to:


In science or mathematics:

In music: In computer programming and some branches of mathematics, strings are sequences of various simple objects. ... A string is the fundamental object of study in a branch of theoretical physics called string theory. ... In various branches of mathematics and computer science, strings are sequences of various simple objects (symbols, tokens, characters, etc. ... The GNU Binutils is a collection of programming tools for the manipulation of object code in various object file formats. ... A nucleotide is a chemical compound that consists of a heterocyclic base, a sugar, and one or more phosphate groups. ... The general structure of a section of DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid —usually in the form of a double helix— that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life, and most viruses. ... Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a nucleic acid polymer consisting of covalently bound nucleotides. ... An amino acid residue is what is left of an amino acid once a molecule of water has been lost (an H+ from the nitrogenous side and an OH- from the carboxylic side) in the formation of a peptide bond. ... Peptides (from the Greek πεπτος, digestible), are the family of short molecules formed from the linking, in a defined order, of various α-amino acids. ... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ...

Other meanings: A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... A string is a vibrating element used on many musical instruments, such as the violin, guitar, harp, and piano. ... Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood are Strings Strings refer to a Pakistani Pop Band. ... String is a genre of Thai music roughly equivalent to western pop. ... The Hellacopters is a Swedish band formed in 1994 which plays hard fast rock. ...

  • G-string, a type of underclothing that parts the buttocks without covering them
  • Strings (film), a 2004 movie directed by Anders Rønnow Klarlund

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G-string - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (997 words)
Its earliest form was a strip of cloth between the legs secured by a string around the waist and called a "G-string," a name that was in use at least as far back as the late 1800s.
Some speculate that it may have been an analogy to the thickest string on a violin or a euphemistic abbreviation of girdle string or groin string.
A style that has a narrow band of fabric in the rear that just covers the cleft in the buttocks is often called a "Brazilian" rear, because it is often seen at Brazilian Samba carnivals.
: Class String (1415 words)
Strings are constant; their values cannot be changed after they are created.
If two strings are different, then either they have different characters at some index that is a valid index for both strings, or their lengths are different, or both.
Two strings are considered equal ignoring case if they are of the same length, and corresponding characters in the two strings are equal ignoring case.
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