Triton (redirected from tritons)

Tri·ton  (trtn)

n.

1. Greek Mythology A god of the sea, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, portrayed as having the head and trunk of a man and the tail of a fish.

2. The satellite of Neptune that is seventh in distance from the planet.

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[Latin Trtn, from Greek.]

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tri·ton ¹  (trtn)

n.

Any of various chiefly tropical marine gastropod mollusks of the family Cymatiidae, having a pointed, spirally twisted, often colorfully marked shell.

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[Latin Trtn, Triton (from representations of the sea god holding a conch shell); see Triton.]

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tri·ton ²  (trtn)

n.

The nucleus of tritium, consisting of two neutrons and one proton.

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[trit(ium) + -on.]

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triton¹

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various chiefly tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genera Charonia, Cymatium, etc., having large beautifully-coloured spiral shells

[via Latin from Greek tritōn]

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Triton¹

n Greek myth

1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) a sea god, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, depicted as having the upper parts of a man with a fish's tail and holding a trumpet made from a conch shell

2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) one of a class of minor sea deities

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Triton²

n

(Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) the largest satellite of the planet Neptune. Diameter: 2700 km

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triton²

n

(Physics / General Physics) Physics a nucleus of an atom of tritium, containing two neutrons and one proton

[from trit(ium) + -on]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Triton - (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
	2.	Triton - the largest moon of Neptune
	3.	triton - tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells seasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids Cymatiidae, family Cymatiidae - tritons
	4.	triton - small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia newt family Salamandridae, Salamandridae - salamanders salamander - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed common newt, Triturus vulgaris - small semiaquatic salamander Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft - red terrestrial form of a common North American newt Pacific newt - any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America eft - a newt in its terrestrial stage of development

Translations

Triton [ˈtraɪtn] N → Tritón

Triton [ˈtraɪt/ən] n → Tritone m

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Triton [ˈtraɪt/ən] n → Tritone m