Tardyon

Quick meaning: Tardyon is a noun meaning (physics) Any particle with non-zero mass (i.e. one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).

Meaning

(physics) Any particle with non-zero mass (i.e. one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).

Example Sentences

Just as brute force cannot make a tachyon out of a tardyon.

One, our own, is the tardyon-universe, in which all particles go at subluminal velocities and may accelerate to nearly the speed of light.

Word Forms

• tardyons

Synonyms for tardyon

Depending on context, synonyms include bradyon, ittyon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tachyon, luxon, dilaton, alloton, tauon, superbradyon.

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