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speed light

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[ speed lahyt ]

noun

Photography.
  1. another term for electronic flash.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of speed light1

First recorded in 1895–1900, for an earlier sense
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This is supposed to whisk us through the grocery line at the speed light.

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Here’s the fun part: they actually travel faster than the speed light can move through the ice.

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If only McEwan could strap on those antigravity boots and travel at 10 times the speed light back into the past.

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Then look to best practices elsewhere to speed light rail to Ballard and West Seattle.

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The internet is a problem because it transfers information at the speed light.

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