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n//stɹɪŋ//

snöre, sträng, följd, rad, serie, stränginstrument, stränga

  1. (musical instrument) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.

  2. (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

  3. (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.

  4. (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

  5. (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

  6. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.

  7. (countable) A series of items or events.

  8. (music, usually, in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

  9. (transitive) To put strings on (something).

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