tritide

T1R1I1T1I1D2E1

noun

A hydride using tritium.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nountritide (plural tritides)

plural tritides

  1. chemistryA hydride using tritium.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτρίτος“third”
  2. Englishtritide

From trit- + -ide. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”).

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