Triton (Noun)
Meaning 1
Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 2
Tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Meaning 4
The largest moon of Neptune.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- Triton is the largest moon of Neptune and is unique in that it orbits the planet in a retrograde direction.
- The surface of Triton is composed primarily of nitrogen ice mixed with darker organic material.
- Triton's surface temperature is around -235 degrees Celsius, making it one of the coldest places in the solar system.
- The Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Triton in 1989, providing the first close-up images of the moon.
- Triton has geysers that erupt plumes of ice particles into space, suggesting that there may be liquid water beneath its surface.