Definitions For Tachyon

Noun

TACHYON (plural TACHYONs) (particle) A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light. (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

Albanian: takion, m Arabic: تَكْيُون Bengali: ট্যাকিয়ন, sc=Beng Catalan: taquió, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 快子 (kuàizǐ) Danish: takyon, n Estonian: tahhüon Finnish: takioni French: tachyon, m German: Tachyon, n Greek: τάχυον, n, sc=Grek Hebrew: טכיון, m, sc=Hebr Icelandic: hraðeind, f Italian: tachione, m Japanese: タキオン (takion), 陰子 (inshi, sc=Jpan) Khmer: សីឃាណូ (sey khea no, sc=Khmr) Lithuanian: tachionas, m Norwegian: : Bokmål: takyon, n : Nynorsk: takyon, n Persian: تاکیون, sc=fa-Arab Polish: tachion, m Portuguese: táquion, m, taquião, m Romanian: tahion Russian: тахио́н, m Serbo-Croatian: takion Slovak: tachyón Slovene: tahion Spanish: taquión, m Swedish: takyon, c Thai: แทคีออน Turkish: takyon Ukrainian: тахіо́н

See also

luxon tardyon

Etymology

Formed as: {{confix, en, tachy, on}}, representing a hypothetical (Ancient Greek)  etymon of the form *, ταχυόν, a quick thing, from ταχύς, , swift”, “rapid. {{coin, en, Gerald Feinberg, nat=American, occ=physicist, in=1967, nobycat=1}}.