TRITON


Meaning of TRITON in English

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■ noun

1》 Greek Mythology a minor sea god or merman represented as a man with a fish's tail and carrying a trident and shell-trumpet.

2》 a marine mollusc with a tall spiral shell with a large aperture. [Genus Charonia .]

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■ noun a nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons.

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