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tachyon

hypothetical particle with imaginary mass which is hypothesized to always travel faster-than-light
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Summary

tachyon is a type of quantum particle[1]. tachyon ranks in the top 6% of type of quantum particle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: hypothetical particle[3]
  • Has use: superluminal communication[4]
  • Commons category: Tachyon[5]
  • Said to be the same as: tachyons in fiction[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tachyons[7]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/tachyon[8]
  • Manifestation of: tachyonic field[9]
  • Speed: 299,792,458 metre per second[10]

Why It Matters

tachyon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] tachyon is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q809 (pol)-Grawiton-tachion.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q809 (pol)-Grawiton-tachion.wav"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0295721-tachyony
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0295721-tachyony, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Speed → {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+299792458'}
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → —
    Has use → superluminal communication
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007555927105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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