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light speed, n. and a.
Brit. |ˈlʌɪt ˌspiːd|, U.S. |ˈlaɪt ˌspid|
[‹ light n.1 + speed n.]
A. n. The speed of light. Also (hyperbolically): an extremely high speed.
1914Frederick (Maryland) Post 25 Feb. 6/6 Measuring light speed. Even in this speed mad age we can never hope to equal the speed of light. 1940‘R. Rocklynne’ Into Darkness June 61/1 Far past in the gone ages of our race, we were pitiful, tiny blobs of energy which crept along at less than light speed. 1992Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 9 Nov. a10/2 Even if things moved at light speed actual construction of an interchange is at least 4–5 years off. 1998Wired July 97/2 Chiao recently performed an experiment in which a photon..was clocked at 1.7 times light speed. 2003Bitch Summer 33/2 At HarperCollins, things are moving at light speed, and people are dropping what they're doing to work on my stuff.
B. adj. Of or relating to the speed of light. Also (hyperbolically): extremely fast.
1928Nevada State Jrnl. 29 July 3/4 (headline) Physicist to make light speed tests. 1974U. K. Le Guin Dispossessed (1975) xi. 276, I was traveling from Terra to Urras in a nearly light-speed ship. 1990Guardian (Nexis) 1 Feb. To take advantage of light speed processing, it is necessary to develop the technology where optical circuits can be made on very small ‘chips’ similar to the electronic ones. 2003Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 160631/2 It is unlikely that we will soon experience the light speed progress of genomics in understanding, treating, or preventing major mental disorders. |