tachyon

tachyon

See also: Tachyon

English

Etymology

Formed as: tachy- +‎ -on, representing a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *ταχυόν (takhuón, “a quick thing”), from ταχύς (takhús, “swift”, “rapid”).

Coined by American physicist Gerald Feinberg in 1967.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæki.ɒn/

Noun

tachyon (plural tachyons)

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

Synonyms

• tachyonic particle

Derived terms

• tachyonic

Translations

hypothetical particle

Albanian: takion m Arabic: تَكْيُون‎ (takyūn) Armenian: տախիոն (taxion) Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can Bengali: ট্যাকিয়ন (ṭẏakiyônô) Catalan: taquió m Chinese: Mandarin: 快子 (kuàizǐ) Danish: takyon n Esperanto: taĥiono Estonian: tahhüon Finnish: takioni French: tachyon (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Tachyon (de) n Greek: τάχυον n (táchyon) Hebrew: טכיון‎ m Icelandic: hraðeind f Italian: tachione m Japanese: タキオン (takion), 陰子 (inshi) Khmer: សីឃាណូ (sey khea no) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: tachionas m Norwegian: Bokmål: takyon n Nynorsk: takyon n Occitan: please add this translation if you can Persian: تاکیون‎ Polish: tachion m Portuguese: táquion m, taquião m Romanian: tahion (ro) m Russian: тахио́н (ru) m (taxión) Serbo-Croatian: takion Slovak: tachyón Slovene: tahion Spanish: taquión (es) m Swedish: takyon c Thai: แทคีออน Turkish: takyon (tr) Ukrainian: тахіо́н (taxión) Uzbek: please add this translation if you can

See also

• luxon
• tardyon

---

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tachyon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.xiˌɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ta‧chy‧on

Noun

tachyon n (plural tachyonen)

1. (physics) tachyon

---

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.kjɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

tachyon m (plural tachyons)

1. (physics) tachyon

Further reading

• “tachyon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• choyant