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translumic

translumic adjective: near the speed of light; having a speed near that of light.

Adjective

translumic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Near the speed of light; having a speed near that of light.
    • Ranald Porteous, chief test pilot of Auster Aircraft, Ltd. […] in his company’s house journal[:] “[…] A further difficulty, due to the Soviet veto on discussions dealing with the Interplanetary Date Line, is that pilots carrying out tests at translumic speeds have often found themselves back at...1949 November 10, “Here and There. Lighter than Fast”, in Flight, volume 56, number 2133, page 607b
    • A thought provoking book, even if it seems a little premature to trouble about translumic speeds and the need to avoid collisions with self-illuminating stars and dark objects in stellar space.1965, Aircraft, volume 45, page 72

Origin of translumic

From trans- + lumic.

Questions about translumic

What does translumic mean?
Translumic means near the speed of light; having a speed near that of light.
What part of speech is translumic?
Translumic is an adjective.

Words near translumic in the dictionary

  1. translucidity
  2. translucing
  3. translumbar
  4. translumenal
  5. translumenally
  6. translumic
  7. transluminal
  8. transluminally
  9. transluminant
  10. translumination
  11. transluminator

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