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• Propagate — Prop a*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propagated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Propagating}.] [L. propagatus, p. p. of propagare to propagate, akin to propages, propago, a layer of a plant, slip, shoot. See {Pro }, and cf. {Pact}, {Prop}, {Prune}, v. t.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• light — light1 lightful, adj. lightfully, adv. /luyt/, n., adj., lighter, lightest, v., lighted or lit, lighting. n. 1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light. 2. Physics …   Universalium

• propagate — verb /ˈpɹɒpəˌɡeɪt,ˈpɹɑpəˌɡeɪt/ a) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree. It takes 24 hours for… …   Wiktionary

• Light — For other uses, see Light (disambiguation). Visible light redirects here. For other uses, see Visible light (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Light tube — This article is about light tubes used for the illumination of buildings. For other uses of the phrase light tubes , see Light tube (disambiguation). Light tubes Light tubes or light pipes are used for transporting or distributing natural or… …   Wikipedia

• Light gas gun — The light gas gun is an apparatus for physics experiments, a highly specialized gun designed to generate very high velocities. It is usually used to study high speed impact phenomena (hypervelocity research), such as the formation of impact… …   Wikipedia

• propagate — verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare to set slips, propagate, from propages slip, offspring, from pro before + pangere to fasten more at pro , pact Date: circa 1570 transitive verb 1. to cause to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Slow light — is the literal slowing of the speed of light. It is the propagation of an optical pulse or other modulation of an optical carrier at a very low group velocity. The term is usually only applied when the velocity is at least hundreds of times… …   Wikipedia

• Faster-than-light — (also superluminal or FTL) communications and travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light. Science fiction style space travel, dubbed true FTL, defies known physics.Under the special theory of… …   Wikipedia

• Variable speed of light — The variable speed of light (VSL) concept states that the speed of light in a vacuum, usually denoted by c , may not be constant in some cases. In most situations in condensed matter physics when light is traveling through a medium, it… …   Wikipedia

• One-way speed of light — The one way speed of light from a source to a detector, cannot be measured independently of a convention as to how to synchronize the clocks at the source and the detector. What can however be experimentally measured is the round trip speed (or… …   Wikipedia