energon

English

Etymology

From energy +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnəɹd͡ʒɒn/

Noun

energon (plural energons)

1. (science fiction) A proposed form of energetic particle.
   • 1938, Quarterly Review: A Journal of University Perspectives:

     At the natural next step the man is not there either, but has been replaced by his constituent electrons and, I suppose, some vitons, energons, and one personalitron.

   • 2007, Niels Vandamme, Tempest - the Transition, page 153:

     But if almost all energy of a material photon is contained within the copulons between its energons rather than in the energons themselves, this means that it loses its structure: the energons are barely still anything more than hollow sacks […]