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To: JameRetief
In a dispersive medium...different wavelengths travel at different speeds.

Interesting. So if I have a red laser and a violet laser, and I fire both at sea level, what are their respective speeds? Are they much different than 186,000 mi/s?

11 posted on 11/11/2002 1:18:29 PM PST by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington
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To: PeoplesRepublicOfWashington; phasma proeliator
Interesting. So if I have a red laser and a violet laser, and I fire both at sea level, what are their respective speeds? Are they much different than 186,000 mi/s?

Uneducated guess here, but I'd call 'em "High Speed", leave it at that, and go have a beer, but that's just me.
13 posted on 11/11/2002 10:12:07 PM PST by da_toolman
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