Bradyon vs Tardyon - What's the difference?
bradyon | tardyon | Synonyms |
(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
* 1988 , Nick Herbert, Faster Than Light: Superluminal Loopholes in Physics
Tardyon is a synonym of bradyon.
In physics terms the difference between bradyon and tardyon
is that bradyon is a tardyon while tardyon is any particle with non-zero mass (i.e. one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).tardyon
English
Noun
(en noun)- One, our own, is the tardyon -universe, in which all particles go at subluminal velocities and may accelerate to nearly the speed of light.
- Just as brute force cannot make a tachyon out of a tardyon ...
