triton
/ˈtraɪtən/
noun
- In Greek mythology, a sea god with the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish, often shown blowing a conch shell.
- In the story, Triton calms the ocean waves with his conch shell.
- Ancient artists often painted Triton alongside other sea creatures.
- The fountain in the park features a statue of Triton holding a shell.
- A type of large marine snail with a spiral shell, or the shell itself.
- The triton snail uses its foot to move along the ocean floor.
- Collectors prize the triton for its long, pointed shape.
- We found a beautiful triton shell on the beach after the storm.
- The nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of one proton and two neutrons.
- A triton is released when a neutron hits a lithium atom.
- Physicists study the triton to understand nuclear reactions.
- The mass of a triton is slightly more than that of a proton.