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noun
(1)
The speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second
Wiktonary
Noun
The
speed
of
electromagnetic radiation
in a perfect
vacuum
: exactly 299,792,458
metre
s per
second
.
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)
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