TRITIUM

tritium

(noun) a radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tritium (plural tritiums)

(isotope) A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T or 31H) having one proton and two neutrons.

An atom of this isotope.

Synonyms

• T (chemical symbol), hydrogen-3

Hypernyms

• hydrogen

Coordinate terms

• (isotopes of hydrogen): protium, deuterium, quadrium

Anagrams

• ittrium

Source: Wiktionary



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