Triton (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Physics.
  1. a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
noun
  1. a son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, represented as having the head and trunk of a man and the tail of a fish, and as using a conch-shell trumpet.
  2. a moon of Neptune.
  3. any of various marine gastropods of the family Cymatiidae, having a large, spiral, often beautifully colored shell.
  4. the shell of a triton.
noun
  1. any of various chiefly tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genera Charonia, Cymatium, etc, having large beautifully-coloured spiral shells
noun
  1. a nucleus of an atom of tritium, containing two neutrons and one proton
noun Greek myth
  1. a sea god, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, depicted as having the upper parts of a man with a fish's tail and holding a trumpet made from a conch shell
  2. one of a class of minor sea deities
noun
  1. the largest satellite of the planet Neptune. Diameter: 2700 km
Triton (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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