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The atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons
Examples of triton in a Sentence
Separate fully tiled cubicle fitted with a Triton shower & a folding glass door.
In 1746 he became post-captain, and commanded the "Triton" (24) in the West Indies.
The Triton is also tremendously popular with event caterers.
As we retreat back into space we make a brief detour to view Triton, Neptune's largest moon.
The Triton Extreme is also used on Advertising Space; a very ethereal type of string sound.
According to Apollodorus (iii, 12, 3) it was made by order of Athena, and was intended as an image of Pallas, the daughter of Triton, whom she had accidentally slain, Pallas and Athena being thus regarded as two distinct beings.
The building was surmounted by a weathercock in the form of a bronze Triton; it contained a water-clock to record the time when the sun was not shining.
The "Argo" was now carried twelve days and twelve nights to the Hesperides, and thence to lake Tritonis (where the seer Mopsus died), whence Triton conducted them to the Mediterranean.
Conspicuous among his works are the Barberini Palace, the College of the Propaganda, the Fountain of the Triton, and the baldachin of St Peter's.
A brazen Triton on the summit, with a rod in his hand, turned round by the wind, pointed to the quarter from which it blew.
It is simply too frigid at this distance for Triton to hold onto an atmosphere, despite tidal warming by Neptune.
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Triton also offers a further BBA approved membrane for walls - Plaster Base - which has an undercut stud design for direct plastering.
Following in the South Seas tradition of all Pacific Islanders, Conch and Triton seashell horns are always blown to herald the new wedding.
Iowa Central is located in the confines of Fort Dodge, serving thousands of students each year at One Triton Circle, Fort Dodge, IA 50501.
In another account (as T ptTo-y vECa) she is the daughter of the river Triton, to which various localities were assigned, and wherever there was a river (or lake) of that name, the inhabitants claimed that she was born there.
As patron of maritime adventure (i yee 6vtos) he struggles with Nereus and Triton, slays Eryx and Busiris, and perhaps captures the wild horses and oxen, which may stand for pirates.
It is separated from the mainland by two narrow straits, and save for these channels blocks the entrance to a large bight identified with the Lake Triton of the Romans.