tritium

See also: Tritium

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) +‎ -ium.

Noun

tritium (plural tritiums)

  1. (physics) A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T or 31H) having one proton and two neutrons.
  2. 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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  • T (chemical symbol), hydrogen-3

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Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tri‧ti‧um

Noun

tritium n (uncountable)

  1. tritium

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ti.um/, [ˈtrɪ.ti.ũ]

Noun

tritium n (genitive tritiī); second declension

  1. tritium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tritium tritia
genitive tritiī tritiōrum
dative tritiō tritiīs
accusative tritium tritia
ablative tritiō tritiīs
vocative tritium tritia
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