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Tardyonic vs Tardyon - What's the difference?

tardyonic | tardyon | Derived terms |

Tardyonic is a derived term of tardyon.


As an adjective tardyonic

is of or pertaining to tardyons.

As a noun tardyon is

(physics) any particle with non-zero mass (ie one that travels more slowly than the speed of light).

tardyonic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to tardyons.

    • Synonyms

    * bradyonic

    tardyon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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 ...

    Synonyms

    * bradyon * ittyon

    Derived terms

    * tardyonic

    See also

    *tachyon *luxon