Meaning

2 senses
  1. (particle)A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light.

    Tachyon

    тахио́нtaxión

    тахіо́нtaxión

  2. A flaw in a physical theory that predicts the existence of tachyons or similar paradoxical results. Compare with ghost.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I read the article "Stability of a tachyon braneworld."

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  2. I read the article "Toward a Quantum Theory of Tachyon Fields."

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  3. Maybe read the article "Study Of Tachyon Dynamics For Broad Classes of Potentials."

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  4. If you like physics, maybe read the article "Toward a Quantum Theory of Tachyon Fields."

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Translations

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Origin

Formed as: tachy- + -on, from ταχύς (takhús, “swift”, “rapid”).

Formed as: tachy- + -on, from ταχύς (takhús, “swift”, “rapid”).

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Forms

plural: tachyons
Singulartachyon
Pluraltachyons

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
tachyonic particle

Word family

3 related words
Derivedtachyonic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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