Triton
Triton is the name of a Greek god of the sea, see Triton (mythology). Other meanings are:
- Triton (cultural award), cultural award of the city of Forchheim
- Triton (moon), largest moon of the planet Neptune
- Triton (motorcycle), self-built motorcycle
- Triton (operation), Frontex mission to monitor the EU's external borders
- Triton (physics), atomic nucleus of tritium
- Triton (Trojan horse), malicious program discovered in 2017
- Triton (key net), Enigma key net of the navy in the Second World War
- Triton Partners, a private equity firm.
- Triton International, the world's largest lessor of ISO containers
- Triton Sports Cars, former British car manufacturer
- Triton Super High Roller Series, a poker tournament series
- Triton X-100, a detergent used in biochemistry, see Octoxinol-9
- Korg Triton, a synthesizer model
- Mitsubishi Triton, a car model, see 4th generation Mitsubishi L200.
- MQ-4 Triton, a drone of the US Navy, see Northrop Grumman RQ-4
- an island of the Paracel Islands
- a character in the film The Island of the Blessed (1913), played by Willy Prager
- King and Arielle's father in the film trilogy Arielle the Mermaid
ancient geography:
- Triton (Boeotia), river in Boeotia
- Triton (Crete), river in Crete
- Triton (Propontis), a place on the Propontis, near today's Armutlu on the Sea of Marmara in the province of Yalova in Turkey
- Triton Promontorium, a promontory in Propontis
- In ancient written sources, name of both a river and a lake and marsh (see Lake Triton, also called Tritonis Lacus or Tritonis Palus) in North Africa (or in ancient Libya, which meant North Africa except Egypt).
Biology:
- Triton Linnaeus, 1758. a genus of snails (with the species Triton littoreus). The name is "validly" described according to zoological nomenclature (nomenclatorically "available"), but is no longer used because its classification is unclear (a nomen dubium).
- Triton Montfort, 1810. a genus of snails, now Charonia Gistel, 1847 (Triton horns) (recent homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758).
- Triton Laurenti, 1768. a genus of amphibians, now Triturus Rafinesque, 1815. (recent homonym of Triton Linnaeus, 1758).
Ships:
- Triton (ship, 1874), a passenger steamer of the North German Lloyd in Bremen
- Triton (ship, 1962), a submarine of the Thetis class of the German Navy
- Triton (ship, 1996), a buoy layer of the Water and Shipping Authority Tönning
- Triton (ship, 2000), an experimental ship of the British Royal Navy
- Triton-class, a class of cruise ships from Disney Cruise Line, scheduled for completion starting in 2021
- Triton-1M, Russian small submarine
- Triton-2, Russian small submarine
- HMS Triton, several ships of the British Navy
- USS Triton, three ships of the US Navy
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