[W/K] :: Triton

  Triton \Tri"ton\ (tr[imac]"t[o^]n), n. [L., fr. Gr. Tri`twn.]
     (Gr. Myth.)
     A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and
     the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and
     painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a
     man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a
     trumpet made of a shell.
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           Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea,
           Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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     2. (Zool.) Any one of many species of marine gastropods
        belonging to Triton and allied genera, having a stout
        spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with
        prominent varices. Some of the species are among the
        largest of all gastropods. Called also trumpet shell,
        and sea trumpet.
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     3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic
        salamanders. The common European species are
        Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and Molge
        alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland.
        The most common species of the United States is
        Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander.
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  Triton
       n 1: (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon
       2: tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral
          shells
       3: small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of
          North America and Europe and northern Asia [syn: newt]

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "Triton":
     Davy, Davy Jones, Dylan, Neptune, Nereid, Nereus, Oceanid, Oceanus,
     Poseidon, Thetis, Varuna, fresh-water nymph, kelpie, limniad,
     man fish, mermaid, merman, naiad, nix, nixie, ocean nymph,
     sea devil, sea god, sea nymph, sea-maid, sea-maiden, seaman, siren,
     undine, water god, water spirit, water sprite
  
  

  Triton
       
           Intel's Pentium core logic chip set.  In
          addition to the traditional features, this chip set supports:
          EDO DRAM to increase the bandwidth of the DRAM
          interface; "{pipelined burst SRAM" for a cheaper, faster
          second level cache; "{bus master IDE" control logic to
          reduce processor load; a plug and play port for easy
          implementation of functions such as audio.
       
          The Triton I chipset (official name 82430FX) consists of 4
          chips: one 82437FX TSC (Triton Sysetm Controller), two 82438FX
          TDP (Triton Data Path), and one 82371FB PIIX (PCI IDE
          Xcellerator).  It supports PB Cache, EDO DRAM, and a
          maximum PCI and memory burst data transfer rate of 100
          megabytes per second.
       
          There are also Moble Triton (82430MX), Triton II
          (82430HX), and the Triton VX (82430VX) chip sets.
       
          Introduction
          (http://www.asus.com.tw/Products/TB/triton-intro.html).
       
          (1996-04-03)