tachyon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light.
A flaw in a physical theory that predicts the existence of tachyons or similar paradoxical results. Compare with ghost.

/ˈtæk.i.ɒn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tachyon.wav /ˈtæ.kiˌɑn/

tachyon tachyons

Formed as: tachy- + -on, from ταχύς (takhús, “swift”, “rapid”). Coined by American physicist Gerald Feinberg in 1967.

tachyonic particle

luxon tardyon

tachyonic

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