tritium

See also: Tritium

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪti.əm/, IPA^(key): /ˈtrɪʃi.əm/

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Noun

tritium (countable and uncountable, 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^[1], →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

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

• Afrikaans: tritium
• Bulgarian: три́тий m (trítij)
• Catalan: triti m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 氚 (yue) (cyun¹), 超重氫／超重氢 (ciu¹ zung⁶ hing¹)

  Mandarin: 氚 (zh) (chuān), 超重氫／超重氢 (zh) (chāozhòngqīng)

• Dutch: tritium (nl)
• Esperanto: tricio, tritio
• Finnish: tritium (fi)
• German: Tritium (de) n
• Hungarian: trícium (hu)
• Icelandic: þrívetni n, ofurþungt vetni n
• Italian: trizio (it) m
• Japanese: 三重水素 (ja) (sanjūsuiso)
• Korean: 삼중수소(三重水素) (ko) (samjungsuso), 초중수소(超重水素) (chojungsuso), 트리튬 (teurityum)
• Polish: tryt m
• Portuguese: trítio (pt) m
• Russian: три́тий (ru) m (trítij)
• Spanish: tritio
• Swedish: tritium (sv) n
• Turkish: trityum (tr)

References

• Elementymology

Further reading

• tritium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ittrium

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: tri‧ti‧um

Noun

tritium n (uncountable)

1. tritium

Finnish

Etymology

From English tritium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtritium/, [ˈt̪rit̪ium]
• Rhymes: -itium
• Syllabification^(key): tri‧ti‧um

Noun

tritium

1. (physics) tritium

Declension

Inflection of tritium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tritium (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tritiumini tritiumini accusative nom. tritiumini tritiumini gen. tritiumini genitive tritiumini tritiumieni partitive tritiumiani tritiumejani inessive tritiumissani tritiumeissani elative tritiumistani tritiumeistani illative tritiumiini tritiumeihini adessive tritiumillani tritiumeillani ablative tritiumiltani tritiumeiltani allative tritiumilleni tritiumeilleni essive tritiuminani tritiumeinani translative tritiumikseni tritiumeikseni instructive — — abessive tritiumittani tritiumeittani comitative — tritiumeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tritiumisi tritiumisi accusative nom. tritiumisi tritiumisi gen. tritiumisi genitive tritiumisi tritiumiesi partitive tritiumiasi tritiumejasi inessive tritiumissasi tritiumeissasi elative tritiumistasi tritiumeistasi illative tritiumiisi tritiumeihisi adessive tritiumillasi tritiumeillasi ablative tritiumiltasi tritiumeiltasi allative tritiumillesi tritiumeillesi essive tritiuminasi tritiumeinasi translative tritiumiksesi tritiumeiksesi instructive — — abessive tritiumittasi tritiumeittasi comitative — tritiumeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tritiumimme tritiumimme accusative nom. tritiumimme tritiumimme gen. tritiumimme genitive tritiumimme tritiumiemme partitive tritiumiamme tritiumejamme inessive tritiumissamme tritiumeissamme elative tritiumistamme tritiumeistamme illative tritiumiimme tritiumeihimme adessive tritiumillamme tritiumeillamme ablative tritiumiltamme tritiumeiltamme allative tritiumillemme tritiumeillemme essive tritiuminamme tritiumeinamme translative tritiumiksemme tritiumeiksemme instructive — — abessive tritiumittamme tritiumeittamme comitative — tritiumeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tritiuminne tritiuminne accusative nom. tritiuminne tritiuminne gen. tritiuminne genitive tritiuminne tritiumienne partitive tritiumianne tritiumejanne inessive tritiumissanne tritiumeissanne elative tritiumistanne tritiumeistanne illative tritiumiinne tritiumeihinne adessive tritiumillanne tritiumeillanne ablative tritiumiltanne tritiumeiltanne allative tritiumillenne tritiumeillenne essive tritiuminanne tritiumeinanne translative tritiumiksenne tritiumeiksenne instructive — — abessive tritiumittanne tritiumeittanne comitative — tritiumeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tritiuminsa tritiuminsa accusative nom. tritiuminsa tritiuminsa gen. tritiuminsa genitive tritiuminsa tritiumiensa partitive tritiumiaan tritiumiansa tritiumejaan tritiumejansa inessive tritiumissaan tritiumissansa tritiumeissaan tritiumeissansa elative tritiumistaan tritiumistansa tritiumeistaan tritiumeistansa illative tritiumiinsa tritiumeihinsa adessive tritiumillaan tritiumillansa tritiumeillaan tritiumeillansa ablative tritiumiltaan tritiumiltansa tritiumeiltaan tritiumeiltansa allative tritiumilleen tritiumillensa tritiumeilleen tritiumeillensa essive tritiuminaan tritiuminansa tritiumeinaan tritiumeinansa translative tritiumikseen tritiumiksensa tritiumeikseen tritiumeiksensa instructive — — abessive tritiumittaan tritiumittansa tritiumeittaan tritiumeittansa comitative — tritiumeineen tritiumeinensa

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

tritium m (plural tritiums)

1. 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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtrit.t͡si.um/, [ˈt̪rit̪ː͡s̪ium]

Noun

tritium n (genitive tritiī or tritī); second declension

1. tritium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
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).