TRITIUM


Meaning of TRITIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtri-tē-əm, ˈtri-shē- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek tritos third — more at third

Date: 1933

: a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus and that has three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen — symbol T

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