Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hypothetical subatomic particle that always travels faster than the speed of light.
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- noun physics A
hypothetical particle thattravels faster than thespeed of light . - noun physics A flaw in a physical theory that predicts the existence of tachyons or similar
paradoxical results. Compare withghost .
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Examples
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While someone who actually has a clue what a tachyon is will feel more comfortable with the terminology, Sawyer leaves enough elbow room for non-scifi fans.
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If there is an elementary particle, or wavicle, of thought, a faster-than-light one like the tachyon might be a good candidate for the honor.
Spock Must Die Blish, James 1970
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And not only did the crew of Robinson continually check those monitoring stations for breaches and breakdowns, but during the eight months of their guard duty, they had deployed a new array of probes along the territory they patrolled, and at random intervals, they activated their own tachyon network.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Starfleet had long ago established a host of technologies along the Federation side of the Neutral Zone to unmask cloaked Romulan vessels: subspace listening posts, gravitic sensors, tachyon detection grids.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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And not only did the crew of Robinson continually check those monitoring stations for breaches and breakdowns, but during the eight months of their guard duty, they had deployed a new array of probes along the territory they patrolled, and at random intervals, they activated their own tachyon network.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Starfleet had long ago established a host of technologies along the Federation side of the Neutral Zone to unmask cloaked Romulan vessels: subspace listening posts, gravitic sensors, tachyon detection grids.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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And not only did the crew of Robinson continually check those monitoring stations for breaches and breakdowns, but during the eight months of their guard duty, they had deployed a new array of probes along the territory they patrolled, and at random intervals, they activated their own tachyon network.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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And not only did the crew of Robinson continually check those monitoring stations for breaches and breakdowns, but during the eight months of their guard duty, they had deployed a new array of probes along the territory they patrolled, and at random intervals, they activated their own tachyon network.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Of course, it's the same for SF: Star Trek taught us that just about any problem whatsoever can be solved by a single talented engineer who builds a novel theory from scratch in 15 minutes and then reverses the tachyon beam.
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Starfleet had long ago established a host of technologies along the Federation side of the Neutral Zone to unmask cloaked Romulan vessels: subspace listening posts, gravitic sensors, tachyon detection grids.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
whichbe commented on the word tachyon
A generic name for hypothetical particles that travel faster than the speed of light and have an imaginary rest mass. (Wikipedia)
May 23, 2008