c-decay

noun

c-decay

noun

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

1

Creationism, Lifestyle, Pseudoscience, Religion 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).

Related terms
starlight problem

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