Tritonic
noun
1.
Classical Mythology. a son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, represented as having the head and trunk of a man and the tail of a fish, and as using a conch-shell trumpet.
2.
Astronomy. a moon of Neptune.
3.
(lowercase) any of various marine gastropods of the family Cymatiidae, having a large, spiral, often beautifully colored shell.
4.
(lowercase) the shell of a triton.
noun
1.
any of various chiefly tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genera Charonia, Cymatium, etc, having large beautifully-coloured spiral shells
noun
1.
(physics) a nucleus of an atom of tritium, containing two neutrons and one proton
noun (Greek myth)
1.
a sea god, son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, depicted as having the upper parts of a man with a fish’s tail and holding a trumpet made from a conch shell
2.
one of a class of minor sea deities
noun
1.
the largest satellite of the planet Neptune. Diameter: 2700 km
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processor (Official name 82430HX) A version of Intel’s Triton processor chip set with all the features of the Triton I plus support for ECC, parity RAM, two-way SMP, USB, and Concurrent PCI to improve speed. It consists of one 82439HX TXC and one 82371SB PIIX3. (1996-04-03)
- Tritonis
noun 1. (in ancient geography) a mythical lake near the Mediterranean coast of Libya.
- Triton tumor
triton tumor tri·ton tumor (trī’tŏn’) n. A peripheral nerve tumor with striated muscle differentiation, often seen in neurofibromatosis.
- Triton vx
processor (Official name 82430VX) A version of Intel’s Triton processor chip set with all the features of the Triton I plus support for SDRAM, USB, and a UMA option. Triton VX consists of one 82437VX TVC, two 82438VX TVP, and one 82371SB PIIX3. (1996-04-03)
- Triturable
adjective 1. capable of being triturated.