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- adjective astronomy Having a very high
luminosity
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Examples
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The superluminous velocity is similar to a group velocity, which can be faster than light for a single particle or photon.
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Inside the Golden Capstone, the energy burst rushed down through its seven layers of crystals—at each layer refining the beam into an ever-smaller, ever-more-intense thread of superluminous light.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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Inside the Golden Capstone, the energy burst rushed down through its seven layers of crystals—at each layer refining the beam into an ever-smaller, ever-more-intense thread of superluminous light.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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Inside the Golden Capstone, the energy burst rushed down through its seven layers of crystals—at each layer refining the beam into an ever-smaller, ever-more-intense thread of superluminous light.
Seven Deadly Wonders Matthew Reilly 2006
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"in the community" - can be fried out of existence using a 470-nanometre superluminous diode, which is safely clear of the UV band. online in advance of publication:
The Register 2009
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God, within the union beyond mind, when the mind, having stood apart from all existing things, and then, having dismissed itself, has been united to the superluminous rays — thence and there, being illuminated by the unsearchable wisdom.”
Dionysius the Areopagite, Works (1897) Dionysius the Areopagite 1897
marky commented on the word superluminous
October 28, 2010
bilby commented on the word superluminous
What's with all the photos, marky pops? This is Wordnik, not Picnik.
October 28, 2010