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velocity-of-light radius comparison table

Subject	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
radius		length
velocity-of-light radius	radius		The radius of a rotating neutron star at which the rotational velocity of the plasma approaches the velocity of light. (also called velocity-of-light cylinder)

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