tritium
See also: Tritium
English edit
Etymology edit
trito- + -ium. From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tritium (countable and uncountable, plural tritiums)
- (physics) A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T, 3H or 31H) having one proton and two neutrons.
- An atom of this isotope.
Usage notes edit
IUPAC recommends that the chemical symbol for tritium should be 3H, rather than T;[1] to prevent problems in alphabetical sorting of formulae. Likewise, deuterium should have the chemical symbol 2H, rather than D.
Synonyms edit
- 3H, T (chemical symbol)
- hydrogen-3
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Translations edit
radioactive isotope of hydrogen
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Further reading edit
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) + -ium.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: tri‧ti‧um
Noun edit
tritium n (uncountable)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tritium
Declension edit
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 | ||
abessive | tritiumitta | tritiumeitta | ||
instructive | — | tritiumein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
tritium m (plural tritiums)
Further reading edit
- “tritium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.ti.um/, [ˈt̪rɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtrit.t͡si.um/, [ˈt̪rit̪ː͡s̪ium]
Noun edit
tritium n (genitive tritiī or tritī); second declension
Declension edit
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).