Definition of triton Triton

/tɹajˈtʌn/ - [traytun] - Tri•ton

We found 12 definitions of triton from 6 different sources.

What does triton mean?

Noun Plural: tritons
triton - tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells
		seasnail any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
triton - (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon
triton - the largest moon of Neptune
triton - small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
		newt
		salamander any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
		family salamandridae, salamandridae salamanders
		common newt, triturus vulgaris small semiaquatic salamander
		notophthalmus viridescens, red eft red terrestrial form of a common North American newt
		pacific newt any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America

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triton (Noun)
The atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons.
triton (Noun)
Any of several marine gastropods of the family Cymatiidae having a pointed spiral shell.

triton (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.
triton (n.)
Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with prominent varices. Some of the species are among the largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell, and sea trumpet.
triton (n.)
Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.

triton
trī′ton, n. (myth.) a marine demi-god, one of the trumpeters of Poseidon (Neptune), his trumpet being a wreathed univalve shell: a genus of molluscs with a wreathed univalve shell. [Gr. Trītōn.]

moon
Triton "(trye'-tən,", Greek "Τρίτων)," or Neptune I, is the planet Neptune's largest moon and the seventh largest moon in the Solar System. Triton has a complicated geological history and it is thought to have a comparatively young surface compared to the age of the solar system itself. It was discovered by British astronomer William Lassell on October 10 1846, just 17 days after Neptune itself was discovered by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. It is also believed to be a captured Kuiper Belt object, and is the coldest known body in the Solar System.

Triton is also falling into a lowering orbit. In about one billion years, Triton is calculated that it will either collide into Neptune's atmosphere, or break up into ring systems similar to those patterns of Saturn's.

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