tritium en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtrɪʃ.əm/ (General-American)
- /ˈtɹɪt.i.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtrɪʃ.i.əm/ (General-American)
- /ˈtɹɪt.i.əm/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) + New Latin -ium. By surface analysis, trit- + -ium.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T, ³H or 31H) having one proton and two neutrons.
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(countable, uncountable) An atom of this isotope.
Electrochemical polymerization of the 1,2-tritiated monomer produced a polymer in which all of the tritiums were eliminated except for those located at the ends of the chains
1998, Donald Lee Wise, Electrical and optical polymer systems, →ISBN, page 765:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tritiums | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
mul:⁴H · mul:Q · mul:H-2 · hydrogen 1 · hydrogen-1 · hydrogen 2 · mul:¹H · heavy hydrogen · mul:H-4 · mul:D · light hydrogen · mul:H-1 · protium · normal hydrogen · hydrogen-2 · mul:²H
Deriveds
antitritium · tritigenic · tritium oxide
Hypernyms
Relateds
Synonyms
hydrogen 3 · hydrogen-3 · mul:H-3 · mul:³H
Translations (26)
ca triti (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · ko 트리튬 (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · ko 초중수소 (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · yue 氚 (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · yue 超重氫 /超重氢 (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · eo tritio (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · hu trícium (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · ja 三重水素 (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · is þrívetni (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · bg три́тий (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · de Tritium (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · ru три́тий (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · ko 삼중수소 (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · es tritio (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · is ofurþungt vetni (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · eo tricio (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · cmn 氚 (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · cmn 超重氫 /超重氢 (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · pl tryt (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · af tritium (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · tr trityum (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · nl tritium (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · sv tritium (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · fi tritium (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · it trizio (radioactive isotope of hydrogen) · pt trítio (radioactive isotope of hydrogen)