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To: RadioAstronomer
How can a definition be wrong?

Very easily. Gravitational force was defined as a constant for centuries, until Dirac's work in the 1960s and 1970s. Unfortunately for the sake of precision, many times the usage of the phrase ''by definition'' should be (and/or have been) replaced by the phrase ''by hypothesis''.

43 posted on 08/01/2004 1:18:43 PM PDT by SAJ (Buy 1 NGH05 7.50 call, Sell 3 NGH05 11.00 calls against, for $600-800 net credit OB. Stone lock.)
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To: SAJ
Gravitational force was defined as a constant for centuries

Which is still being measured/refined today. However, the speed of light was given a fixed number by definition.

56 posted on 08/01/2004 1:40:11 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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