Definition of "speed of light" []

• The speed of electromagnetic radiation in a perfect vacuum: exactly 299,792,458 metres per second by definition. (noun)

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• "By varying the number of cycles initiated per second, or millisecond for that matter, "and Breslaw beamed with paternal fondness for the abilities of his development," the f.tl. drive receives the power it requires to exceed the speed of light by any multiple required."
• "Changeover occurred and the ship slipped into that otherness of reality that was space-plus, allowing it not to ignore or defy the speed of light but to avoid it."
• "There was Albert Michelson, who was to determine the speed of light with hitherto unknown precision; Jacques Loeb, the physiologist; Lloyd Morgan in sociology; there was a huge library, and a new journal of economics to edit."