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Definition of Light speed
1. Noun. The speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second.
Definition of Light speed
1. Noun. (alternative form of lightspeed) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Light Speed
Literary usage of Light speed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Photography...: The Watkins Manual of Exposure and Development by Alfred Watkins (1919)
"LIGHT, SPEED OF PLATE, and DIAPHRAGM IN LENS But it by no means follows that with
every photograph to be taken these influences or conditions are all ..."
2. Electrical Engineer (1890)
"... the action between a given charge moving at the approximate light speed and
a given magnet is independent of the medium, except in so far as its ..."
3. The Origin and Its Meaning: On the Origin of the Universe and Its Mechanics by Roger Ellman (2004)
"That is, thí could not be, nor exceed, light speed as the non-relativ ... d time
as decayed] light speed then the ChangePoint non-relativistic treatment has ..."
4. Official Catalogue of the Department of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific ...by San Francisco (Calif.), Dept. of Fine Arts by San Francisco (Calif.), Dept. of Fine Arts (1915)
"Light: Speed: Noise: in Simultaneous Interpenetration. ... Light: Speed: Noise:
Sketch. 1172. Forms and Color: Tone in the Argentine Tango: First Sketch. ..."
5. Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen (2007)
"When you cross into that parallel dimension at near light speed, you can view
not only a mirror image, but the quantum image of life itself. ..."
6. Fairer Than Day: For Sunday School and Revival Work by George C. Hugg (1903)
"... light, speed the light; To their cry of pit • y dare we light, speed the light;
Go and seek their res-cue ere it light, speed the light; Can the souls ..."
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