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ONE-WAY LIGHT TIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does one-way light time mean?
• ONE-WAY LIGHT TIME (noun)
The noun ONE-WAY LIGHT TIME has 1 sense:
1. the elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object
Familiarity information: ONE-WAY LIGHT TIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
one-way light time; OWLT
Hypernyms ("one-way light time" is a kind of...):
elapsed time (the time that elapses while some event is occurring)
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