yvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

chronon

[ kroh-non ]

noun

  1. a hypothetical unit of time, taken as a ratio between the diameter of the electron and the velocity of light, equivalent to approximately 10− 24 second.


chronon

/ ˈəʊɒ /

noun

  1. a unit of time equal to the time that a photon would take to traverse the diameter of an electron: about 10 –24seconds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of chronon1

1975–80; < Greek chron ( os ) time + -on 1
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

“I call it a chronon. Time does not exist. Instead, we interact with the ambient chronon field, and when we absorb a chronon —”

From

“So the apparent passage of time is the quale of chronon absorption?” asked the Psychologist.

From

“Indeed. Chronons attract each other, like gravity. They might even be gravity. The expansion of the Universe is not the result of some silly Cosmic Egg exploding at the moment of the creation, like that priest Lemaître proposes: instead, chronon depletion steadily reduces the attractive force. I call it inflation.”

From

The Time Traveller climbed into the Chronon Emitter, fastened his seat belt, and turned the rightmost dial to ‘2’.

From

“I wondered about that, too. Until I invented the Chronon Emitter.”

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement