chronon
/ˈkroʊnɑn/
noun
- A hypothetical unit of time, the smallest possible discrete interval of time in some theories of physics.
- Some physicists propose that a chronon is the quantum of time, like a photon is for light.
- The idea of a chronon challenges our everyday experience of time as smooth and unbroken.
- In this model, time does not flow continuously but jumps from one chronon to the next.