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Abstract
The synchronization of clocks at distant spatial points is a question of
convention. If a synchronization not involving electromagnetic radiation
is agreed upon, the one-way velocity of light becomes meaningful. We
develop the predicition of general relativity and other metric theories of
gravity for the one-way speed of light near the surface of the rotating
Earth, distant clocks being synchronized by means of clock transport. This
prediction may soon be checked against experimental measurements.
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