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closed string comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
string theory	unified theory	Theory that subatomic particles actually have extension along one axis, and that their properties are determined by the arrangement and vibration of the strings.
closed string	string theory	A type of string that is in the shape of a loop.

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