worldvolume
Noun
Meaning
worldvolume (plural worldvolumes)
(physics, in supersymmetry) A measure of the size of a brane
Examples
A p -brane sweeps out a (p+1) -dimensional volume in spacetime called its worldvolume.
A p-brane sweeps out a (p+1)-dimensional volume in spacetime called its worldvolume.
Physicists often study fields analogous to the electromagnetic field which live on the worldvolume of a brane.