(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.

One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn clothstrips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.

plural of string attached

(idiomatic) Unstated or downplayed catches, limitations, caveats, restrictions, or requirements.

(baseball) To throw an off-speed pitch, a change up, to cause the hitter to swing early and miss.

plural of string band

A sedge species, Carex chordorrhiza.

(historical, usually in the plural) Strings with which children were formerly guided while they were learning to walk.

(archaic) A bridle for a horse

(physics) A proposed extended object whose collective behaviour is considered to model the existence and properties of some subatomic particles