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Speed of light

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light speednounAlternative form of lightspeed. [The speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified).]
cnoun(music) The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument.
lightspeednounThe speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified).
rapiditynounspeed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
speed of soundnoun(physics) The speed at which sound is propagated through some medium under specified conditions.
electromagnetic wavenoun(physics) Electromagnetic radiation, such as light and radio waves.
planck speednoun(physics) The velocity equal to one Planck length per Planck time; equal to the speed of light. Symbol is v_P or c.
light secondnoun(astronomy, physics) A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one second: about 300 megameters
radio energynoun(physics) The energy transmitted by radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation
planck velocitynoun(physics) The Planck speed.
rest energynoun(physics) The energy of the mass component of a body at rest; equal to the product of its rest mass and the square of the speed of light
planck accelerationnoun(physics) The acceleration from rest to the speed of light in one Planck time.
luxonnoun(physics) Any particle that travels at exactly the speed of light and has zero mass: typically a photon.
phase velocitynoun(physics) The velocity of propagation of a pure sine wave of infinite extent and infinitesimal amplitude.
lightnoun(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
information velocitynoun(marketing) The speed of information flow about a product in a market.
light wavenoun(physics) An electromagnetic wave of light.
electromagnetic radiationnounRadiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space.
speednounThe state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
speed parameternoun(relativity) speed divided by the speed of light, symbol β

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