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triton Definition

tri·ton (trī′tän′)

noun

the nucleus of the tritium atom containing one proton and two neutrons, used as a projectile in nuclear reactions

Etymology: Gr, neut. of tritos, third

Triton Definition

Tri·ton (trīt′'n)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. a sea god, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, represented as having the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fish and as carrying a conch-shell trumpet
  2. Gr. Myth. one of many attendants of the sea gods
  3. the largest of Neptune's eight satellites
    1. any of a family (Cymatiidae) of large sea snails with a long, spiral shell, often brightly colored
    2. the shell

Etymology: L < Gr Tritōn; ? akin to OIr triath, sea

triton Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

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Triton Quotes

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending we lay waste our powers: Little we see in nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.öGreat God! I'd rather be A pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathe'  d horn.

—Wordsworth,William

Browse dictionary entries near triton

  1. ‹ tritoma
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  3. ‹ triticale
  4. ‹ tritiated
  5. ‹ tritheism
  6. ‹ trite
  7. ‹ trit
  8. ‹ trisyllable
  9. ‹ trisulfide
  10. ‹ trisubstituted
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