chronon

American  

[kroh-non] / ˈkroʊ nɒn /

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.

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chronon British  

/ ˈkrəʊnɒn /

noun

1. a unit of time equal to the time that a photon would take to traverse the diameter of an electron: about 10 ^–24 seconds

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Etymology

Origin of chronon

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

Example Sentences

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

From Nature • Jun. 16, 2020

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

From Nature • Jun. 16, 2020

Eiae se te touton upsou chronon patein, eme te tossade nikaphorois omilein, prophanton sophian kath' El- lanas eonta panta.—OLYMP.

From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

“Hon dei ouranon men dexasthai archri chronon apokataseos panton,” whom, indeed, heaven must retain until the time of restoration of all things. 

From The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Wild, Joseph

A chronon is the length of time it takes one quantum of energy to push one electron from one electronic orbit to the next.

From The Ideal by Weinbaum, Stanley Grauman