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sublight

sublight

1 7.6
Moving at speeds slower than the speed of light
  • adjective
  • /ˈsʌblaɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sublumínico
  • The spacecraft will travel at sublight speeds to explore nearby planets.

Examples

  • They all propagate at sublight speeds, so the branching spreads outwards at the speed of whatever the fastest interaction is that's doing the gears.

  • Most communications between the ships occur at sublight speeds to ensure safety.

  • The research focused on propulsion methods that allow sublight travel across vast distances.

Synonyms

nonrelativistic
vssublight
  • Specialized
7.8

About motion at speeds much less than the speed of light where relativity does not matter

is limited to describing speeds slower than the speed of light

Antonyms

superluminal
  • Specialized
9.9

A particle or signal that moves faster than the speed of light

How Fast

lightspeed
  • Specialized
2 4.9
sublight
  • Specialized
1 7.6
fast
∞ 1.0
slow
∞ 1.0
stationary
46 2.9

Surface Forms

sublight positive

Morphology

sublight = light (transparent) = sub + light

The adjective is a direct prefixation of 'sub-' (meaning 'below' or 'less than') to 'light' (as in speed of light), so the meaning is inferable.

Etymology

Sublight is made from the parts sub- and light, where sub- means 'below', as in submarine or subway, and light refers to the light we know and the 'speed of light'. So, sublight as an adjective describes speeds or things that are below the 'speed of light', meaning slower than light.