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Faster than light
Beatrice Started conversation May 30, 2005
Faster than the speed of sound - supersonic.
Faster than the speed of light - ????
Is there a word?
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Ommigosh Posted May 30, 2005
"Faster than the speed of light - ????
Is there a word?"
The usual word here is "impossible".....
...but you might want to look up "tachyons".
Faster than light
Gnomon - time to move on Posted May 30, 2005
superluminal
This is used both for the theoretical "tachyon" particles which travel faster than the speed of light in a vacuum, and for the real world phenomenon of Cerenkov radiation, where light is slowed down by the medium it is in, and certain particles travel faster than the local speed of light.
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Zak T Duck Posted May 30, 2005
Superluminic
http://www.autodynamics.org/light_speed.html
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Beatrice Posted May 30, 2005
Thank you!
Just cos something's impossible doesn't mean there isn't a word for it!
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