tritium
noun/ˈtrɪtiəm/
/ˈtrɪtiəm/
[uncountable] (symbol T)
- an isotope (= a different form) of hydrogen with a mass that is three times that of the usual isotopeWord Origin1930s: from modern Latin, from Greek tritos ‘third’.
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