Definition of Triton

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity

2. Noun. The largest moon of Neptune.
Generic synonyms: Moon

3. Noun. Tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells.
Generic synonyms: Seasnail
Group relationships: Cymatiidae, Family Cymatiidae

4. Noun. Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia.
Exact synonyms: Newt
Group relationships: Family Salamandridae, Salamandridae
Generic synonyms: Salamander
Specialized synonyms: Common Newt, Triturus Vulgaris, Notophthalmus Viridescens, Red Eft, Pacific Newt, Eft

Definition of Triton

1. n. A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell.

Definition of Triton

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) A god of the sea, son of Poseidon. ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) The seventh moon of Neptune. ¹

3. Noun. (physics) the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons ¹

4. Noun. any of several marine gastropods of the family ''Cymatiidae'' having a pointed spiral shell ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Triton

1. a marine mollusk [n -S]

Medical Definition of Triton

1. The nucleus of a tritium atom, tritium ion. See: tritium. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Triton

tritide
tritides
tritium
tritium-breeding ratio
tritium inventory
tritium oxide
tritiums
trito-
tritocaline
tritocerebra
tritocerebral
tritocerebrum
tritolyl phosphates
tritoma
tritomas
triton (current term)
triton burnup
triton tumour
tritone
tritones
tritonia
tritonias
tritons
tritoqualine
tritordeum
tritoria
tritorium
tritovum
tritoxide

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