different between triton vs tritone

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ?????? (trítos, “third”) +? -on

Noun

triton (plural tritons)

1. (physics) the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons

Synonyms

• tritium nucleus
• T⁺ (“tritium ion”)

Hypernyms

• H⁺ (“hydrogen ion”)

Coordinate terms

• (bare nuclei of hydrogen): proton (“hydrogen-1 nucleus”), deuteron (“hydrogen-2 nucleus”), triton
• H⁺, p (“protium ion”)
• D⁺ (“deuterium ion”)
• h (“helium-3 nucleus”)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Triton, who blows such a seashell like a trumpet.

Noun

triton (plural tritons)

1. Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell.

Translations

Anagrams

• intort, rottin'

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tri?ton

Noun

triton m (plural tritons)

1. (physics) triton, tritium nucleus

Synonyms

• tritiumkern

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i.t??/

Noun

triton m (plural tritons)

1. newt

Further reading

• “triton” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French triton.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tri?ton/

Noun

triton m (plural tritoni)

1. newt

Declension

English

Etymology

tri- +? tone

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t???a??to?n/

Noun

tritone (plural tritones)

1. (music) An interval of three whole tones.

   The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.

Synonyms

• devil's interval
• diabolus

Abbreviations

• TT

Derived terms

• semitritone

See also

• augmented fourth
• diminished fifth

Translations

Italian

Noun

tritone m (plural tritoni)

1. newt, triton

Anagrams

• ritento, ritentò, tintore, tornite