Dictionary

tardyon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɑː.di.ɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɑɹ.di.ɑn/ (General-American)

Etymology

Blend of tardy + tachyon or tardy + -on.

Meanings

1. Any particle with non-zero mass (i.e. one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).
   • Just as brute force cannot make a tachyon out of a tardyon... 1988, Nick Herbert, Faster Than Light: Superluminal Loopholes in Physics:
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

tardyonic

Relateds

luxon · tachyon

Synonyms

bradyon (particle with non-zero mass) · massive particle (particle with non-zero mass) · ittyon (particle with non-zero mass)

Translations (4)

cmn 慢子 (particle) · ja ターディオン (particle) · fr tardyon (particle) · pl tardion (particle)