tardyonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of tardy +‎ tachyon or tardy +‎ -on.

発音

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

名詞

tardyon (plural tardyons)

1. (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...

同意語

• (particle with non-zero mass): bradyon, ittyon, massive particle

派生語

• tardyonic

参考

• tachyon
• luxon

アナグラム

• Drayton