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- adjective
faster-than-light ; having a speed greater than light.
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Examples
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The term superluminal is unfortunate, and to be honest I cringe a bit when ever I hear the word.
A Dark, Misleading Force Sean 2007
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Monitoring of this star by both amateurs and professionals for signs of a high velocity or 'superluminal'-expanding nebulalight-echo would seem to be in order.
Unprecedented Eruption Catches Astronomers By Surprise | Universe Today 2010
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This model, called the superluminal model of pulsars, was described by Singleton and colleague Andrea Schmidt as solving many unanswered issues about pulsars.
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I will second that so called superluminal expansion, such as in inflationary cosmology, does not mean things travelling faster than light.
A Dark, Misleading Force Sean 2007
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VNM: I had come across the word "superluminal" in one of Julian May's novels -- I don't think I'd run across it before -- and she was cool with my using it for a title, so I did.
INTERVIEW: Vonda N. McIntyre (Guest-Interview by Sue Lange) 2009
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Such apparent "superluminal" motion has been seen before in high-speed jets of material squirted out by some black holes.
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Such apparent "superluminal" motion has been seen before in high-speed jets of material squirted out by some black holes.
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Such apparent "superluminal" motion has been seen before in high-speed jets of material squirted out by some black holes.
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Such apparent "superluminal" motion has been seen before in high-speed jets of material squirted out by some black holes.
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"superluminal" motion has been seen before in high-speed jets of material squirted out by some black holes.
michaelt42 commented on the word superluminal
The superluminal neutrinos that puzzled scientists when first reported last year (2011) seem likely to be demoted to the status of phantoms. A faulty connection in the complex apparatus used for the measurements is now thought to be the cause of the problematic result, as was reported in the UK press today.
February 23, 2012