tritium
See also: Tritium
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) + -ium.
Noun
tritium (plural tritiums)
- (physics) A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T or 31H) having one proton and two neutrons.
- An atom of this isotope.
- 1998, Donald Lee Wise, Electrical and optical polymer systems, →ISBN, page 765:
- 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
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Synonyms
- T (chemical symbol), hydrogen-3
Hypernyms
- hydrogen
Coordinate terms
- (isotopes of hydrogen): protium, deuterium, quadrium
Derived terms
- tritium oxide
Related terms
- triton
Translations
radioactive isotope of hydrogen
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References
- Elementymology
Further reading
- tritium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- ittrium
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: tri‧ti‧um
Noun
tritium n (uncountable)
- tritium
Finnish
Etymology
From English tritium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtritium/, [ˈt̪rit̪ium]
- Rhymes: -itium
- Syllabification(key): tri‧ti‧um
Noun
tritium
- (physics) tritium
Declension
Inflection of tritium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tritium | tritiumit | |
genitive | tritiumin | tritiumien | |
partitive | tritiumia | tritiumeja | |
illative | tritiumiin | tritiumeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tritium | tritiumit | |
accusative | nom. | tritium | tritiumit |
gen. | tritiumin | ||
genitive | tritiumin | tritiumien | |
partitive | tritiumia | tritiumeja | |
inessive | tritiumissa | tritiumeissa | |
elative | tritiumista | tritiumeista | |
illative | tritiumiin | tritiumeihin | |
adessive | tritiumilla | tritiumeilla | |
ablative | tritiumilta | tritiumeilta | |
allative | tritiumille | tritiumeille | |
essive | tritiumina | tritiumeina | |
translative | tritiumiksi | tritiumeiksi | |
instructive | — | tritiumein | |
abessive | tritiumitta | tritiumeitta | |
comitative | — | tritiumeineen |
Possessive forms of tritium (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | tritiumini | tritiumimme |
2nd person | tritiumisi | tritiuminne |
3rd person | tritiuminsa |
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
tritium m (plural tritiums)
- tritium
Further reading
- “tritium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ti.um/, [ˈt̪rɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtrit.t͡si.um/, [ˈt̪rit̪ː͡s̪ium]
Noun
tritium n (genitive tritiī or tritī); second declension
- tritium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tritium | tritia |
Genitive | tritiī tritī1 | tritiōrum |
Dative | tritiō | tritiīs |
Accusative | tritium | tritia |
Ablative | tritiō | tritiīs |
Vocative | tritium | tritia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).