superluminal

English

Etymology

super- +‎ luminal

Adjective

superluminal (comparative more superluminal, superlative most superluminal)

(astronomy, physics, fiction, fantasy) Faster than light; having a speed greater than light.
- 1984, Edward Edelson, “Faster than light?”, in Popular Science, retrieved 20 November 2013, page 70:
  The first thing to understand about superluminal expansion is that it isn't visible to the unaided eye. The objects that appear to be moving faster than light are emitting radio waves, not visible light.

Synonyms

FTL, superlumic, hyperlight
supercausal (faster than the speed of causality)

Antonyms

STL, subluminal, sublumic, sublight

Derived terms

superluminal communication
superluminality
superluminally
superluminal motion
superluminal radio source

Related terms

Translations

having a speed greater than light

German: superluminar, überlichtschnell
Greek: υπερφωτοταχικός m (yperfototachikós), υπερφωτοταχική f (yperfototachikí), υπερφωτοταχικό n (yperfototachikó), (unpreferred translation due to hyperphoton, hyperphotonic: υπερφωτονικός m (yperfotonikós), υπερφωτονική f (yperfotonikí), υπερφωτονικό n (yperfotonikó))
Icelandic: ljósfrár m, yfir ljóshraða
Russian: сверхсветовой (ru) (sverxsvetovoj)
Serbo-Croatian: nadsvjetlosni

See also

Further reading

faster-than-light on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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