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supercee

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Faster-than-light travelling speed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, uncountable

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

Examples

  • 1960, AUTHOR UNKNOWN, Astounding Science-fiction, pp70, 72, & 73; presumed to be an earlier work (1930 or earlier), as quotations 2 and 3 also appear in:

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History

Etymology

Presumed super- + cee, a respelling of the physics symbol c (denoting the speed of light in a vacuum; an abbreviation of both English constant and Latin celeritas (“swiftness”)).