"triton" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tritons [plural]
Etymology: From trito- + -on. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|trito|on}} trito- + -on, {{der|en|grc|τρίτος||third}} Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} triton (plural tritons)
  1. (physics) the nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons Categories (topical): Subatomic particles, Three Categories (lifeform): Littorinimorphs Synonyms: tritium nucleus, T+ (english: tritium ion) Hypernyms: H+ (english: hydrogen ion) Coordinate_terms: H+, p (english: protium ion), D+ (english: deuterium ion), h (english: helium-3 nucleus) Coordinate_terms (bare nuclei of hydrogen): proton (english: hydrogen-1 nucleus), deuteron (english: hydrogen-2 nucleus) Translations (tritium nucleus): тритиев йон (tritiev jon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 氚核 (chuānhé) (Chinese Mandarin), triton [masculine] (Dutch), tritiumkern [masculine] (Dutch), tritono (Esperanto), tritiumin ydin (Finnish), tritoni (Finnish), triton [masculine] (French), तृतीयाणु (tŕtīyāṇu) (Hindi), 三重陽子 (sanjūyōshi) (Japanese), ត្រិយាណូ (trih yea no) (Khmer), tryton [masculine] (Polish), triton [masculine] (Romanian), трито́н (tritón) [masculine] (Russian), talusik (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-triton-en-noun-DOG-d42X Disambiguation of Three: 75 25 Disambiguation of Littorinimorphs: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with trito-, English terms suffixed with -on, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Tritium Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 47 16 15 8 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 20 15 5 13 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Tritium: 94 6 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: tritons [plural]
Etymology: From Triton, who blows such a seashell like a trumpet. Head templates: {{en-noun}} triton (plural tritons)
  1. Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell. Categories (lifeform): Littorinimorphs Translations (marine gastropods): трито́н (tritón) (Bulgarian), triton [masculine] (French), трито́н (tritón) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-triton-en-noun-X7O6syIh Disambiguation of Littorinimorphs: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tritón",
      "sense": "marine gastropods",
      "word": "трито́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "marine gastropods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triton"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tritón",
      "sense": "marine gastropods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трито́н"
    }
  ],
  "word": "triton"
}

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