string

Definitions

General English

• noun a

  strong

  thin

  fibre

  used

  for tying up things

  such

  as parcels
• noun one of the long pieces of

  fibre

  or wire on a

  musical

  instrument

  which

  makes a note

  when

  you hit it
• noun one of the

  strong

  pieces of

  fibre

  which

  form the flat part of a

  tennis

  racket

Computing

• noun any series of consecutive

  alphanumeric characters

  or words that are manipulated and treated as a single unit by the

  computer

Electronics

• A

  sequence

  of similar elements, such as bits or characters, which are treated as a unit.
• A set of consecutive bits or characters.
• A series or succession of circuits, stages, units, devices,

  equipment

  , or the like.

Food

• verb to remove the stringy fibres from fruit or vegetables before cooking or eating
• verb to remove currants from their stalks by sliding them off between the prongs of a fork

Information & Library Science

• noun an

  indexing

  term for a series of characters
• noun an

  indexing

  term to describe the lists of

  terms

  compiled by an

  indexer

  with details of how they

  relate

  to each other

Military

• noun a thin line of twisted fibres, normally used for binding objects together

Origin & History of “string”

Nearby Definitions of “string”

• strawberry
• stress
• stretch
• strife
• strike
• string
• strip
• stroke
• structure
• stud
• stuff

Contexts for “string”

7 definitions in context
• General English
• Computing
• Electronics
• Food
• Information & Library Science
• Military
Origin & History