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trinitite en · NOUN

Etymology

From Trinity + -ite.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
  2. (broadly, uncountable, usually) Synonym of atomsite: any melt glasses left by atomic bombs

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Hypernyms

atomsite · melt glass

Hyponyms

atomsite · hiroshimaite · Alamogordo glass · kharitonchik

Relateds

fusion crust · impact glass · impactite · fulgurite

Synonyms

Alamogordo glass · Trinity glass · atomsite