The Speed of Light

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf physical phenomenon
gptkbp:affects gravitational fields
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:International_System_of_Units_(SI)
gptkbp:first_measured_by gptkb:Ole_Rømer
gptkbp:first_measured_in 1676
gptkbp:hasUnit meters per second
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Speed of Light
gptkbp:in_vacuum 299792458 m/s
gptkbp:is_a_fundamental_constant_in physics
gptkbp:is_a_postulate_of gptkb:special_relativity
gptkbp:is_a_universal_constant true
gptkbp:is_constant_in gptkb:vacuum
gptkbp:is_denoted_by c
gptkbp:is_finite true
gptkbp:is_invariant_in gptkb:special_relativity
gptkbp:is_not_constant_in media (such as water, glass)
gptkbp:is_slower_in gptkb:glass
gptkb:jewelry
gptkb:water
gptkbp:is_the_maximum_speed_for gptkb:energy
matter
information transfer
gptkbp:is_used_to_define gptkb:Metric
gptkbp:limitation electromagnetic waves
gravitational waves
photons
causality
relativistic mass increase
relativistic effects
relativistic length contraction
relativistic simultaneity
relativistic time dilation
light in vacuum
information transfer
massless particles
causal influence
neutrinos (if massless)
signal propagation
gptkbp:measures interferometry
meters per second
resonance methods
time of flight methods
gptkbp:symbol c
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:Maxwell's_equations
gptkb:Einstein's_theory_of_relativity
E=mc^2
gptkbp:valuation 299792458 m/s
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Javier_Cercas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6