"subluminal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more subluminal [comparative], most subluminal [superlative]
Etymology: From sub- + luminal. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|luminal}} sub- + luminal Head templates: {{en-adj}} subluminal (comparative more subluminal, superlative most subluminal)
  1. slower than light; having a speed less than light. Synonyms: sublumic Synonyms (periphrastic): causally reachable [physics, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Related terms: superluminal, transluminal, luminal, FTL, subsonic Translations (slower than light): υποφωτοταχικός (ypofototachikós) (Greek), subluminale (Italian)
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