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sub-light

sub-light adjective: at less than the speed of light.

Adjective

sub-light (not comparable)

  1. At less than the speed of light.
    • "We are about to test sub-light engine disengage."2017, A.K. Brown, Humans on the Menu (Champagne Universe Series: Book 2), page 36

Forms of sub-light

alternative formsublight

Origin of sub-light

From sub- + light.

Questions about sub-light

What does sub-light mean?
Sub-light means at less than the speed of light.
What part of speech is sub-light?
Sub-light is an adjective.

Words near sub-light in the dictionary

  1. sub-lessors
  2. sub-licensable
  3. sub-license
  4. sub-lieutenant
  5. sub-lieutenants
  6. sub-light
  7. sub-liminal
  8. sub-marine
  9. sub-Mediterranean
  10. sub-milliarcsecond
  11. sub-model

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