Is there a medium in which sound travels faster than light?

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cosmik debris said:
Yes, isn't one of the dominant energy conditions that the speed of sound be less than the speed of light?
The speed of sound needs to be less than the invariant speed, c, which is the speed of light in vacuum, not in a material.
 

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