Definition of "chronon" []

• A hypothetical quantum or particle of time. (noun)

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• "A chronon is the length of time it takes one quantum of energy to push one electron from one electronic orbit to the next."
• ""All this reminded me that though we-humanity, that is-know the elementary particles of matter and energy, know the unit of gravity, have even (so Scotty tells me) identified something called the chronon which is the smallest possible bit into which time can be divided, we do not know the elementary unit of consciousness."
• ""Exactly as the particles of matter are the smallest pieces of matter that can exist, just as there is no such thing as a half of an electron, or for that matter, half a quantum, so the chronon is the smallest possible fragment of time, and the spation the smallest possible bit of space."