[
US
/ˈtɹaɪtən/
]
NOUN
- (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon
- the largest moon of Neptune
How To Use Triton In A Sentence
- Another nuclear submarine, the Triton, circumnavigated the world in 84 days while submerged, a record that still stands.
- If I had an extra 45, ooo I 'd buy a triton or a mako, these are probable the best made. others I would consider are kenner, Century ... Just got back from my first offshore trip and it was awesome, I will try to get some pics up soon.
- The parts of the temple that are finished are highly ornamented, with pictures of gryphons, medusae, bulls, tritons and other fantastic figures, and lots of geometrical decoration including swastikas and scales. Queen of the Crapsellers
- The new lepton was designated with the Greek letter tau, standing for the first letter of the word triton, third. Press Release: The 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics
- But it was Triton that managed to obtain the approvals to explore the field.
- Astronomers know that Pluto and Triton have nearly the same size, mass, and density.
- But this eye is by no means as developed as the organ of vision, for instance, of the water salamander (the triton) or of the so-called axolotl, for it exists only in a kind of embryonic development, and contains neither a vitreous humor nor a lens for the refraction of the rays of light. Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888
- On 17th May, 1780, Glasgow (which had been a creek under Port-Glasgow) became a Port of Entry, and hanselled her new privilege by passing sixty pipes of French brandy, ex ‘Triton,’ Thomas Martindale master.
- The flying off and curling of the drapery by the wind serves as an equipoise to balance the projection of the Triton's elbow.
- And several times in the book a diminished fifth rather than an augmented fourth is called a tritone.