tardyon
English
Etymology
Blend of tardy + tachyon or tardy + -on.
Noun
tardyon (plural tardyons)
- (physics) Any particle with non-zero mass (i.e. one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).
- 1972, Isaac Asimov, Asimov's Guide to Science
- One, our own, is the tardyon-universe, in which all particles go at subluminal velocities and may accelerate to nearly the speed of light.
- 1988, Nick Herbert, Faster Than Light: Superluminal Loopholes in Physics
- Just as brute force cannot make a tachyon out of a tardyon...
- 1972, Isaac Asimov, Asimov's Guide to Science
Synonyms
- (particle with non-zero mass): bradyon, ittyon, massive particle
Derived terms
- tardyonic
Translations
particle
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See also
- tachyon
- luxon
Anagrams
- Drayton