"superluminal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

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Etymology: From super- + luminal. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|luminal}} super- + luminal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} superluminal (not comparable)
  1. (astronomy, physics, fiction, fantasy) Faster than light; having a speed greater than light. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Astronomy, Fantasy, Faster-than-light travel, Fiction, Physics, Travel Synonyms: FTL, superlumic, hyperlight, supercausal (english: faster than the speed of causality) Derived forms: superluminal communication, superluminality, superluminally, superluminal motion, superluminal radio source Related terms: luminal, subluminal, superluminous, supersonic Translations (having a speed greater than light): superluminar (German), überlichtschnell (German), υπερφωτοταχικός (yperfototachikós) [masculine] (Greek), υπερφωτοταχική (yperfototachikí) [feminine] (Greek), υπερφωτοταχικό (yperfototachikó) [neuter] (Greek), ljósfrár [masculine] (Icelandic), yfir ljóshraða (Icelandic), сверхсветовой (sverxsvetovoj) (Russian), nadsvjetlosni (Serbo-Croatian)
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          "sense": "having a speed greater than light",
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