A chronon is a proposed quantum of time, that is, a discrete and indivisible `unit` of time as part of a hypothesis that proposes that time is not continuous. ==Early work== While time is a continuous quantity in both standard quantum mechanics and general relativity, many physicists have suggested that a discrete model of time might work, espec.....
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(from the article `time`) ...of the theoretical minimum measurable span of time, which comes to something of the order of 10-24 second and hence to speculations that time may ...
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A hypothetical quantum or particle of time. It has been suggested that just as energy can only exist in very small packets or quanta, so time may also be quantal in nature. This idea is linked to the overall quantization of space and time, so that there exists a minimum spatial displacement, and a c...
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a hypothetical unit of time, taken as a ratio between the diameter of the electron and the velocity of light, equivalent to approximately 10− second.
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