superluminal
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of superluminal
First recorded in 1955–60; super- + Latin lūmin-, stem of lūmen “light, rays of light, radiance” + -al 1
Example Sentences
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The news cycle has sped up to superluminal velocity.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2017
“A group from the H.W. Wills Physics Laboratory in Bristol and the Indian Institute of Technology wondered, “‘Can apparent superluminal neutrino speeds be explained as a quantum weak measurement?’
From Scientific American • Feb. 1, 2014
After eons of superluminal ecstasy, I decided that I wanted not pleasure but knowledge.
From Scientific American • Nov. 27, 2012
This was, of course, disturbing to Einstein, whose theory of relativity prohibited any such superluminal propagation.
From Scientific American • Jan. 30, 2012
For months, my fax machine churned out sheets covered with Tad’s dense elaborations of his theory and plans for a superluminal machine.
From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2011
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