light speed


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Noun1.light speed - the speed at which light travels in a vacuumlight speed - 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
constant - a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant"
speed, velocity - distance travelled per unit time
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That Cahill admits this measurement of v was successful [4] on the one hand would seem to defy his light speed anisotropy conclusion on the other.
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The LHC is designed to re-create the conditions one billionth of a second after the universe was born by smashing particles at each other at near light speed. It is hoped the violent collisions will unearth the "God Particle", a tiny entity also known as the Higgs Boson, which is believed to give objects - including people - their mass.
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