kilolight

plural kilolights

1. literatureA unit of velocity equal to one thousand times the velocity of light.
2. literatureA unit of distance equal to one thousand light-years; a kilolight-year.

   I said slowly: “I must be making a megalight, or more, an hour. At this rate the journey will take about two weeks—” “Yes,” Lipsey said. “We think the Xeelee have a range of hyperdrive capabilities. The standard intragalactic version is limited to a kilolight an hour, ...

   2016, Stephen Baxter, Xeelee Sequence, Hachette UK, →ISBN