Definitions
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- noun A discredited
theory proposed bycreationists in order to support the belief that theuniverse is a few thousand years old that claims that thespeed of light has decreased over time, meaning that objects millions oflight years away are visible today (whereas a constant speed of light would imply that the universe is millions of years old and so contradict this belief).
Etymologies
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c, the symbol used in physics for the speed of light, decay
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As a result, c-decay is alive and well, and Robert Day's dismissal of the proposition appears to be somewhat premature.
Kiwiblog 2010
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