(computer science) Any of several metrics that represent the degree of similarity between two strings of characters, based on the smallest number of transformations that can change one into the other.

aerosol string

(physics) A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time.

(horticulture) A powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects.

A scanty covering for the genitalia, with a thin strip of fabric that passes between the buttocks. / A type of loincloth or breech cloth.

(music) On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G.

A common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) / An immature runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) / A yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis) / A hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)

(sports) A unit of players which is considered to have a secondary level of talent and which usually plays after the first string.

(idiomatic) Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.

describing the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)