tachyon

See also: Tachyon

English

Etymology

Formed as: tachy- +‎ -on, representing a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *ταχυόν (takhuón, “a quick thing”), from ταχύς (takhús, “swift”, “rapid”).

Coined by American physicist Gerald Feinberg in 1967.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæk.i.ɒn/

Noun

tachyon (plural tachyons)

1. (physics) A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light.
2. (physics) A flaw in a physical theory that predicts the existence of tachyons or similar paradoxical results. Compare with ghost.

Synonyms

• tachyonic particle

Derived terms

• tachyonic

Translations

hypothetical particle

• Albanian: takion m
• Arabic: تَكْيُون (takyūn)
• Armenian: տախիոն (taxion)
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: ট্যাকিয়ন (ṭêkiẏon)
• Catalan: taquió m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 快子 (kuàizǐ)

• Danish: takyon n
• Esperanto: taĥiono
• Estonian: tahhüon
• Finnish: takioni
• French: tachyon (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Tachyon (de) n
• Greek: τάχυον n (táchyon)
• Hebrew: טכיון m
• Icelandic: hraðeind f
• Italian: tachione m
• Japanese: タキオン (takion), 陰子 (inshi)
• Khmer: សីឃាណូ (sey khea no)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: tachionas m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: takyon n

  Nynorsk: takyon n

• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: تاکیون
• Polish: tachion m
• Portuguese: táquion m, taquião m
• Romanian: tahion (ro) m
• Russian: тахио́н (ru) m (taxión)
• Serbo-Croatian: takion
• Slovak: tachyón
• Slovene: tahion
• Spanish: taquión (es) m
• Swedish: takyon c
• Thai: แทคีออน
• Turkish: takyon (tr)
• Ukrainian: тахіо́н (taxión)
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can

See also

• luxon
• tardyon

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English tachyon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.xiˌɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ta‧chy‧on

Noun

tachyon n (plural tachyonen)

1. (physics) tachyon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.kjɔ̃/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

tachyon m (plural tachyons)

1. (physics) tachyon

Further reading

• “tachyon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• choyant