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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 objectplay

  Familiarity information: ONE-WAY LIGHT TIME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ONE-WAY LIGHT TIME (noun)


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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