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TRITIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radioactive isotope of hydrogen; atoms of tritium have three times the mass of ordinary hydrogen atoms
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tritium" is a kind of...):
atomic number 1; H; hydrogen (a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe)