tardyon
nounUK /ˈtɑː.di.ɒn/ · US /ˈtɑɹ.di.ɑn/
Etymology Blend of tardy + tachyon or tardy + -on.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Any particle with non-zero mass (i.e. one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).
- One, our own, is the tardyon-universe, in which all particles go at subluminal velocities and may accelerate to nearly the speed of light.1972, Isaac Asimov, Asimov's Guide to Science:
- Just as brute force cannot make a tachyon out of a tardyon...1988, Nick Herbert, Faster Than Light: Superluminal Loopholes in Physics:
- Derived terms
- tardyonic