Triton

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Triton may refer to one of many things named after Triton (mythology), a Greek god, the messenger of the deep, son of Poseidon, god of the sea.

Academic:

• Triton College, a two-year college located in River Grove, Illinois
• The Tritons, the athletic mascot for the University of California, San Diego
• Tritons, the mascot for Pacifica High School (Oxnard, California)
• Tritons, the mascot for San Clemente High School (San Clemente, California)
• Triton School District, a school district in southeastern Minnesota

Aerospace:

• SO.6000 Triton, the first French jet, built by the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest (SNCASO)

Astronomy:

• Triton (moon), the largest moon of the planet Neptune
• A misspelling of Keith P. Tritton, British astronomer

Automotive:

• Ford Triton engine, a series of engines made by the Ford Motor Company
• Mitsubishi Triton, four wheel drive pickup truck
• Triton motorcycle, a hybrid Cafe racer style of motorbike built from a Triumph engine and a Norton chassis

Chemistry/Physics:

• Triton X-100, a nonionic detergent often used in extraction buffers
• A tritium nucleus, particularly one used as a bombarding particle or emitted in a nuclear reaction

Culture:

• Triton (novel), a novel by Samuel R. Delany
• Triton (The Little Mermaid), Princess Ariel's father in the Disney animated film The Little Mermaid
• Tritón, a Mexican magazine
• Umi no Triton, an anime TV series
• Triton (comics), a Marvel Comics character

Geography:

• Triton (Newfoundland and Labrador), a Canadian city
• Triton, Washington, an American city

Music:

• Korg Triton, a workstation musical synthesizer
• Triton (band), a Japanese progressive rock band
• The Tritonz (band) a Canadian/American heavy metal band fronted by Jon-Mikl Thor

Nautical:

• Triton (Jacques Cartier), one of Jacques Cartier's two ships for his first voyage in 1534
• HMS Triton or HMS Tryton, eight vessels of the Royal Navy
• RV Triton, an experimental trimaran that underwent trials with the Royal Navy from 2001 to 2005
• Triton (S.112), a Greek Navy submarine, launched in 1971
• USS Triton, three vessels of the United States Navy
• USCGC Triton, two ships of the United States Coast Guard
• The Allied code name for a communication network using the Enigma machine used by German War Navy during the Second World War
• Pearson Triton, one of the first production fiberglass sailboats manufactured in the United States

Nature:

• Triton (mollusk), a marine snail of the family Ranellidae

Technology:

• AIM Triton, a version of the AOL Instant Messenger software
• Triton ATM Machines, world's largest manufacturer of off-premise ATM
• Triton (content delivery), a digital game distribution service
• Triton (demogroup), an IBM-PC demoscene demogroup (1992–1996)