nucleus of the heaviest hydrogen isotope, tritium, or hydrogen-3. Tritons, which consist of one proton and two neutrons, result from certain nuclear reactions. The collision of a deuteron with another deuteron, for example, sometimes produces a proton and a triton. See also tritium.
TRITON
Meaning of TRITON in English
Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012