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trinitite

trinitite noun: the glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.

Noun

trinitite (usually uncountable, plural trinitites)

  1. (usually) The glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
  2. (broadly, usually) Synonym of atomsite: any melt glasses left by atomic bombs
    Synonyms:
    atomsite

Synonyms of trinitite

Forms of trinitite

pluraltrinitites

Origin of trinitite

From Trinity + -ite.

Questions about trinitite

What does trinitite mean?
Trinitite means the glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
What part of speech is trinitite?
Trinitite is a noun.
What is the plural of trinitite?
The plural of trinitite is trinitites.

Words near trinitite in the dictionary

  1. trinitarianisms
  2. trinitarians
  3. trinitary
  4. Trinitie
  5. trinities
  6. trinitite
  7. trinitites
  8. trinitize
  9. trinitized
  10. trinitizes
  11. trinitizing

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