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What does superluminal mean?

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  1. (astronomy) Faster than light; having a speed greater than light.
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Imaging of the cores of Active Galactic Nuclei to study the nature of the central energy source and the collimation mechanism for superluminal jets.
Since we cannot do this step faster than light, the quantum erasure process will not be superluminal.
Stern, Quantuln limitations on superluminal propagation, Phys.
But, in the context of this entry such superluminal signaling is less interesting because it will be due to Newtonian effects rather than quantum effects.
But when I asked how this is all known, the answer came back that the superluminal craft have gone out to take a good look at what is around, and have returned with the information.
The superluminal jolt spurred physicists to action.

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