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  • adjective slower-than-light; having a speed less than light.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ luminal

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Our ULD engines are disabled and we are operating under minimum subluminal drive — effectively dead in the void.

    Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001

  • “Just dropped out of warp; subluminal now and decelerating fast.”

    RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000

  • “Just dropped out of warp; subluminal now and decelerating fast.”

    RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000

  • “Just dropped out of warp; subluminal now and decelerating fast.”

    RIHANNSU #3: SWORDHUNT Diane Duane 2000

  • “Two vessels going subluminal, ten light-seconds out.”

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • “Two vessels going subluminal, ten light-seconds out.”

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

  • “Just dropped out of warp; subluminal now and decelerating fast.”

    Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane with Peter Morwood 2000

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