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- adjective slower-than-light; having a
speed less thanlight .
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Examples
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It was a dangerous business, as the slightest miscalculation could cause the ship to slide into the subluminal mud and dissipate in a Ĉerenkov blink.
April 5th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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The idea is that the probability of each of the outcomes is determined by ˜local events,™ i.e., events that are confined to its backward light-cone, and which can only exert subluminal or luminal influences on it (see Figure 3 below); and the distant outcomes are fundamentally independent of each other, and thus their joint probability factorizes.
Action at a Distance in Quantum Mechanics Berkovitz, Joseph 2007
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Our paper addressed specifically the so-called Einstein-Aether, or new Aether, theories but I am pretty sure that, unless finely tuned, any coupling to gravity would alter the dispersion relation of the graviton to give some subluminal mode that can be radiated in a Cerenkov process.
The Screwy Universe Sean 2006
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Our ULD engines are disabled and we are operating under minimum subluminal drive — effectively dead in the void.
Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001
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“Just dropped out of warp; subluminal now and decelerating fast.”
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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“Just dropped out of warp; subluminal now and decelerating fast.”
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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“Just dropped out of warp; subluminal now and decelerating fast.”
RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000
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“Two vessels going subluminal, ten light-seconds out.”
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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“Two vessels going subluminal, ten light-seconds out.”
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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“Just dropped out of warp; subluminal now and decelerating fast.”
Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000
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