Triton en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɹaɪtən/ (UK, US)
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn).
Meanings
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(Greek) A god of the sea, son of Poseidon.
In the middle of each of theſe four little Gardens, there is a diſtinct Fountain, and in each of the Fountains there is placed a gilded Triton, ſitting on a gilded Sea-Horſe, or on a Sea-Goat, all upon Rockwork, like that in the middle Fountain[.]
1699, Walter Harris, A Description of the King's Royal Palace and Gardens at Loo, London: R. Roberts, page 31:
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The seventh moon of Neptune.
Six years earlier these two men—among the few interested in that distant speck of light—had detected methane and nitrogen on Triton's surface. At that time they suspected that Triton's frigid temperature might liquefy nitrogen but not be cold enough to freeze it.
1990 August, Rick Gore, “Neptune: Voyager's Last Picture Show”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 37:
Deriveds
Tritoness · Triton Island · Tritonian
Translations (39)
ko 트리톤 (god of the sea) · ro Triton (god of the sea) · ar تْرَايْتُون (seventh moon of Neptune) · grc Τρίτων (god of the sea) · ja トリートーン (god of the sea) · el Τρίτων (seventh moon of Neptune) · iu ᑦᕇᑐᓐ (god of the sea) · ru Трито́н (god of the sea) · eo Tritono (god of the sea) · gl Tritón (seventh moon of Neptune) · es Tritón (god of the sea) · gl Tritón (god of the sea) · ko 트리톤 (seventh moon of Neptune) · hy Տրիտոն (god of the sea) · fi Triton (seventh moon of Neptune) · nl Triton (god of the sea) · es Tritón (seventh moon of Neptune) · pt Tritão (seventh moon of Neptune) · pl Tryton (seventh moon of Neptune) · de Triton (seventh moon of Neptune) · eo Tritono (seventh moon of Neptune) · fr Triton (seventh moon of Neptune) · pt Tritão (god of the sea) · ca Tritó (seventh moon of Neptune) · ru Трито́н (seventh moon of Neptune) · ja トリトン (seventh moon of Neptune) · da Triton (god of the sea) · cmn 海衛一 /海卫一 (seventh moon of Neptune) · pl Tryton (god of the sea) · ca Tritó (god of the sea) · it Tritone (seventh moon of Neptune) · hi ट्रिटन (god of the sea) · fr Triton (god of the sea) · nl Triton (seventh moon of Neptune) · ja トリトン (god of the sea) · cmn 特里同 (god of the sea) · el Τρίτων (god of the sea) · fi Triton (god of the sea) · ar تْرَايْتُون (god of the sea)