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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.
Synonyms[edit]
- 3H, T (chemical symbol)
- hydrogen-3
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.
Hypernyms[edit]
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Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
radioactive isotope of hydrogen
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Further reading[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
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).
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- en:Isotopes
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- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Dutch neuter nouns
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Finnish/itium
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- la:Three