triton

Triton
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon
    2: the largest moon of Neptune
    3: tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral
       shells
    4: small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North
       America and Europe and northern Asia [syn: {newt}, {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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea,
         Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
   [1913 Webster]

   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}.
      [1913 Webster]

   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}.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Triton

   <processor> {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://asus.com.tw/Products/TB/triton-intro.html).

   (1996-04-03)
    

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