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What does it mean to say that the speed of light is a constant?
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What does special relativity say about the speed of light?
The speed of light is constant.
What do you mean when you talk about Constant Speed?
When people talk about Constant Speed, they mean non stopping speed at the same speed. For example if someone runs 10 miles at the same exact speed every day, people would say that he/she runs with constant speed.
If speed does not change you say the speed is?
An unchanging speed is constant.
What Is a constant speed?
When the speed of an object remains the same - it does not increase or decrease - we say it is moving at a constant speed.
If the speed of an object remains the same then we say that it is?
It is a constant speed.
What is the speed of light per planet?
The speed of light is the same for every observer everywhere. That is a fundamental tenet of the theory of special relativity (and everything based on it, such as the general theory of relativity and quantum field theory). To date no violation of the consistency of the speed of light has been measured. By the way, this does not say the speed of light is the maximum speed, just that the speed of light is constant, so the possible discovery of faster-than-light neutrinos does not invalidate this.
Moving at constant velocity is also moving with constant speed?
Velocity is Speed in a given direction. Moving at constant velocity is equivalent to say moving with a constant speed in a specified direction. So, moving at constant velocity implicitly means moving with constant speed.
Can an accelerating automobile be overtaken by an automobile moving with constant speed?
From the structure of your question, we can tell that when you say "accelerating", you mean "speeding up", although that's only one kind of acceleration. Assuming that's what you mean, then the answer is: Of course! Haven't you ever started to move away from a traffic light after it turned green, and been overtaken and passed by a car that came up behind you, never slowed down, and sailed right past you at a constant speed through the intersection as you were picking up speed ?
How can you say the sentence the man moves at constant speed in constant direction?
"The man's acceleration is zero." "The man's motion is uniform." "The man's velocity is constant."
When do you use constant speed?
Speed of...? It depends on the context. Natural constant speeds include those of light (and all electromagnetic radiation) in vacuo; also that of electricity along a conductor. The average speeds of sound in air and water are taken as constants in acoustics. You may also need specific constant speeds of say, an electric motor or generator.
What is the speed of light and the speed of magnetism?
so Im just going to straight up say use google but also I'm going to say the speed of sound is faster than the speed of light and magnetism is was slower.
What will be acceleration of a car moving in a circular motion with constant speed.?
If body is moving in a circle with uniform or constant speed its acceleration will be uniform as velocity i.e. to say direction is changing at every point.
