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.

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[edit] Academic

[edit] Aerospace

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

[edit] Astronomy

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

[edit] Automotive

[edit] 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

[edit] Culture

[edit] Geography

  • Triton, Newfoundland and Labrador, a Canadian city
  • Triton, Washington, an American city
  • Triton River, Crete, a river known in antiquity which is now known as the Gazi River, or Gazanos River, or Gazanos Potamos, which passes through the town of Gazi, Crete

[edit] 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
  • Triton (record label), formerly known as Discordia

[edit] 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 (Y-5), a Greek Navy WWII submarine launched in 1930
  • Triton II (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

[edit] Nature

  • Triton (mollusk), a marine snail of the family Ranellidae
  • Tritonia a genus of nudibranch or a genus of flowering plant

[edit] Technology