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

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RIGHT

(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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