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Definition of Tachyon
1. Noun. (particles) A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light. ¹
2. Noun. (physics) A flaw in a physical theory that predicts the existence of tachyons or similar paradoxical results. Compare with ghost. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tachyon
1. a theoretical subatomic particle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tachyon
Literary usage of Tachyon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"Brigadier Innés, in his report on an with the Burmese at tachyon. 8 JuK expressed
himself ' much indebted t tenant Huthwaite. who. though labouring under ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1858)
"... Leontodon Taraxacum, Iberis sempervirens, Tussilago fragrans, Tussilago alba,
Vinca major, Vinca minor, Aponogeton dis- tachyon ..."