lightspeed

Definition

The speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified).

Etymology

From light + speed.

Example Sentences

• "If we're going to a world a hundred light-years from here at near lightspeed, we spend according to our own perceptions, only a few minutes doing so and arrive only a few minutes older."
• "He paused, then finished, “with the drive from the Linz, he can do over 500 lightspeeds to meet us."
• "In recent years, other activist terms have followed light-speed trajectories. The term “Latinx” overtook academic institutions and briefly became fashionable in the media, still prevalent in some influential publications, like The New Yorker, even though only 3 percent of Hispanics (or Latinos, if you prefer) use it."