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<p>When using the term "<a href="page.php?w=speed_of_light">the speed of light</a>" it is sometimes necessary to make the distinction between its one-way speed and its two-way speed. The <b>"one-way" speed of light</b>, from a source to a detector, cannot be <a href="page.php?w=measurement">measured</a> independently of a convention as to how to synchronize the clocks at the source and the <a href="page.php?w=detector">detector</a>. What can however be experimentally measured is the <b>round-trip speed</b> (or <b>"two-way" speed of light</b>) from</p><p>
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