lightspeed

Definitions

1. The speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified).
   countable, uncountable
2. An extremely fast speed.
   colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“If we're going to a world a hundred light-years from here at near lightspeed, we spend⟳ according to our own⟳ perceptions, only a few minutes doing so and arrive⟳ only a few minutes older.”

“He paused, then finished, “with the drive⟳ from the Linz, he can do over 500 lightspeeds to meet⟳ us.”

“In recent years, other activist terms have⟳ followed light-speed trajectories. The term “Latinx” overtook academic institutions and briefly became fashionable in the media, still prevalent in some influential publications, like⟳ The New Yorker, even though only 3 percent of Hispanics (or Latinos, if you prefer⟳) use⟳ it.”

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