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c-decay

noun

Etymology

From c (“the symbol used in physics for the speed of light”) + decay.

  1. derived from dēcidō — “to fall down, to fail, sink or perish”
  2. derived from decheoir — “to fall away, decay, decline”
  3. inherited from decaien
  4. compounded as c-decay — “c + decay”

Definitions

  1. The discredited theory that the speed of light has decreased over time, proposed by…

    The discredited theory that the speed of light has decreased over time, proposed by creationists in order to support the belief that the universe is a few thousand years old even though there are objects visible today that are billions of light years away (whereas a constant speed of light would indicate that the universe is billions of years old and so contradict this belief).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for c-decay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA