noun
- hypothetical particles that travel faster than the speed of light
Usage: physics; theoretical
Examples
- Scientists debate whether tachyons could actually exist in nature.
- The concept of tachyons challenges our understanding of relativity.
- Tachyons remain purely theoretical particles in modern physics.
- If tachyons existed, they would have imaginary mass.
- The discovery of tachyons would revolutionize our view of time and causality.
- Physicists use mathematical models to study the properties of tachyons.