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tardyon Physics.|ˈtɑːdiːɒn|
Also tardon |ˈtɑːdɒn|.
[f. tardy a. (adv.) + -on1.]
A sub-atomic particle that travels at less than the speed of light.
1969Bilaniuk & Sudarshan in Physics Today May 47/2 Let us refer to all subluminal particles as tardyons. 1970New Scientist 10 Sept. 521/1 The number of tachyons in a system may vary from observer to observer—yet another deviation from the conventional world of tardons. 1972Nature 7 Jan. 10/3 This assumes that ‘ordinary’ particles (called tardyons in this sort of discussion) have a mass m such that m2 is greater than zero. 1975J. Taylor Superminds (1976) vi. 114 Tardons (slower-than-light particles) and tachyons can never interchange roles. |
