Triton

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Triton may refer to any of a number of things named after Triton (mythology), a Greek god, the messenger of the deep, son of Poseidon, god of the sea.

Astronomy

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

Automotive

• Ford Triton engine, a market name for a series of modular engines made by the Ford Motor Company
• Mitsubishi Triton, four wheel drive pickup truck
• Triton motorcycle, a hybrid Cafe racer style of motorbike built from a Triumph engine and a Norton chassis

Culture

• Triton (novel), a novel by Samuel R. Delany
• King Triton, Princess Ariel's father in the Disney animated film The Little Mermaid
• Tritón, a Mexican magazine
• Triton of the Sea, an anime TV series
• Triton (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Thomas Triton, a character from The Deptford Mice books by Robin Jarvis

Education

• Triton College, a two-year college located in River Grove, Illinois
• Triton Regional School District, a school district in North East Massachusetts
• Tritons, the mascot for Edmonds Community College
• The Tritons, the athletic mascot for the University of California, San Diego
• Tritons, the mascot for Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, Florida)
• Tritons, the mascot for Pacifica High School (Oxnard, California)
• Tritons, the mascot for San Clemente High School (San Clemente, California)
• Tritons, the mascot for University of Missouri–St. Louis

Geography

• Triton, Newfoundland and Labrador, a Canadian city
• Triton, Washington, an American city
• Triton Fountain, a Modernist sculpture outside Valletta, Malta
• Triton River, a river in Greece flowing into Lake Copais

Music

• Korg Triton, a workstation musical synthesizer
• Triton (record label), formerly known as Discordia

Nautical

• 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, then served with the Australian Customs Service from 2006 onwards
• 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
• Geco Triton is a 4D Marine Seismic survey vessel in the WesternGeco fleet.

Science and nature

• A tritium nucleus, particularly one used as a bombarding particle or emitted in a nuclear reaction
• Triton (mollusk), a marine snail of the family Ranellidae
• Tritonia (plant), a genus of plants of the Iridaceae family
• Tritonia (mollusc), a genus of nudibranch mollusc in the family Tritoniidae
• Triton X-100, a nonionic detergent often used in extraction buffers

Technology

• Sud-Ouest Triton, the first French jet, built by the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du sud-ouest (SNCASO)
• AIM Triton, a version of the AOL Instant Messenger software
• Triton (content delivery), a digital game distribution service
• Triton (demogroup), an IBM-PC demoscene demogroup (1992–1996)
• TRITON a SODAR sonic wind profiler from Second Wind
• The Triton series of handheld GPS receivers manufactured by Magellan Navigation

Other

• Triton was the name of a KLM Lockheed Super Constellation, which crashed on take-off as KLM Flight 633

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