How to pronounce“lightspeed”in English
IPA/lɪghtspɪːd/
Syllableslig·htspeed
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noun
The speed of light (in vacuum unless another medium is specified).
“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.”
Synonyms:speed of light
noun
An extremely fast speed.
“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.”
Synonyms:speed of light