triton
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
Tri·ton (trīt′'n)
noun
- 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
- Gr. Myth. one of many attendants of the sea gods
- the largest of Neptune's eight satellites
- any of a family (Cymatiidae) of large sea snails with a long, spiral shell, often brightly colored
- the shell
Etymology: L < Gr Tritōn; ? akin to OIr triath, sea
Modifies a noun
- rack: Hi I recently purchased a new triton rack from a leading london supplier in charing x road who shall remain nameless.
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.
Browse dictionary entries near triton
- tritoma
- tritium
- triticale
- tritiated
- tritheism
- trite
- trit
- trisyllable
- trisulfide
- trisubstituted
- tritone
- triturate
- trituration
- triumph
- triumphal
- triumphalism
- triumphant
- triumvir
- triumviral
- triumvirate
