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tritium

  • noun
  • /ˈtɹɪt.i.əm/

A radioactive isotope of the element hydrogen (symbol T, 3H or ) having one proton and two neutrons.

Other meanings

  1. An atom of this isotope.

A kind of

  • hydrogen

Related words

  • antitritium
  • tritigenic
  • tritium oxide

Word history

From New Latin "-ium".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tritium” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.