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light minute

light minute noun: a unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one minute.

Noun

light minute (plural light minutes)

  1. A unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one minute.
    • Rick: We got some business to attend to a few light minutes south of here.2015, "Mortynight Run", season 2, episode 2 of Rick and Morty [Rick and Morty are travelling in a spaceship]

Forms of light minute

plurallight minutes

Questions about light minute

What does light minute mean?
Light minute means a unit of length equal to the distance light travels in one minute.
What part of speech is light minute?
Light minute is a noun.
What is the plural of light minute?
The plural of light minute is light minutes.

Words near light minute in the dictionary

  1. light microscopes
  2. light mill
  3. light millennium
  4. light millenniums
  5. light mills
  6. light minute
  7. light minutes
  8. light money
  9. light month
  10. light months
  11. light music

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