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superlight

superlight adjective: extremely lightweight. Also the alternative form of super light.

Adjective

superlight (comparative more superlight, superlative most superlight)

  1. Extremely lightweight.
    • a superlight bicycle frame
  2. (not comparable) faster-than-light, FTL; Faster than light speed (“c”).
    • He was now presenting his doctoral thesis, which concerned the physics of superlight travel. Nowadays, it was fast enough to cover the galaxy in days, but it would take years to cross the intergalactic void to the nearest major galaxy.2008, David Hartline, Galactic Liberty, page 118

Also used as

superlight is also the alternative form of super light.

Forms of superlight

Adjective
comparativemore superlight
superlativemost superlight
Noun
pluralsuperlights

Origin of superlight

From super- + light.

Questions about superlight

What does superlight mean?
Superlight means extremely lightweight.
What part of speech is superlight?
Superlight is an adjective.

Words near superlight in the dictionary

  1. superliberals
  2. superlibertarian
  3. superlibertarians
  4. superlie
  5. superlies
  6. superlight
  7. superlightning
  8. superlights
  9. superlightweight
  10. superliminal
  11. superliminaries

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