OT: Speed of light [was Re: Why not a Python compiler?]

[Erik Max Francis]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:54:30 +1300, greg wrote:
> 
>>> Until DeBroglie formulated
>>> its  hypothesis of dual nature of matter (and light): wave and particle
>>> at the  same time.
>> Really it's neither waves nor particles, but something else for which
>> there isn't a good word in everyday English. Physicists seem to have got
>> around that by redefining the word "particle" to mean that new thing.
> 
> I like the term "wavical" to describe that. We're all made of wavicals, 
> it's just that the wave-like fuzziness is usually too small to notice.

It's usually spelled _wavicle_, by the way.

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