Triton commonly refers to: *

Triton (mythology) Triton (; grc-gre, Τρίτων, Trítōn) is a Greek god of the sea, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, god and goddess of the sea respectively. Triton lived with his parents in a golden palace on the bottom of the sea. Later he is often dep ...

, a Greek god *

Triton (moon) Triton is the largest natural satellite of the planet Neptune, and was the first Neptunian moon to be discovered, on October 10, 1846, by English astronomer William Lassell. It is the only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde or ...

, a satellite of Neptune Triton may also refer to:

Biology

Triton cockatoo The Triton cockatoo (''Cacatua galerita triton'') is one of the four subspecies of the sulphur-crested cockatoo. The cockatoo was first described by Dutch zoologist, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, in 1849. There is no documentation as to why Temminck ...

, a parrot *

Triton (gastropod) ''Charonia'' is a genus of very large sea snail, commonly known as Triton's trumpet or Triton snail. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the monotypic family Charoniidae. Etymology The common name "Triton's trumpet" is derived from the Gr ...

, a group of sea snails * ''Triton'', a synonym of ''

Triturus ''Triturus'' is a genus of newts comprising the crested and the marbled newts, which are found from Great Britain through most of continental Europe to westernmost Siberia, Anatolia, and the Caspian Sea region. Their English names refer to thei ...

'', a genus of newts

Companies

* Triton, a bass boat manufacturer * Triton (fashion), a Brazilian fashion brand owned by Colcci * Triton Airlines, a Canadian airline operating from 1993 to 1994 * Triton Digital * Triton Energy Limited, an American oil and natural gas exploration and production company *

Triton Media Group Triton Digital, LLC, formerly Triton Media Group, is a digital audio technology and advertising company based in Los Angeles. The group was formally owned by E. W. Scripps Company which sold Triton to IHeartMedia in October 2020. The company work ...

, owner of radio stations *

Triton Showers Triton Showers is a British shower manufacturer based in Warwickshire and is the UK's leading electric shower manufacturer. History It was incorporated on 6 May 1975 as Triton (Aquatherm) Limited. It became Triton plc on 2 July 1982. Under the C ...

, the UK's largest manufacturer of electric showers * Triton Submarines, an American manufacturer of private submarines * Triton Systems, a manufacturer of automated teller machines

Film and television

* ''Triton'' (1961 TV series), a BBC television adventure series * ''Triton'' (1968 TV series), a BBC television adventure series, remake of the earlier show *

King Triton This article lists information of animated original characters from Disney's '' The Little Mermaid'' franchise, covering the 1989 film, its prequel , its direct-to-video sequel and prequel films, and the stage musical adaptation. ''The Little ...

, a ''The Little Mermaid'' character

Fountains

Fontana del Tritone Fontana del Tritone (''Triton Fountain'') is a seventeenth-century fountain in Rome, by the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Commissioned by his patron, Pope Urban VIII, the fountain is located in the Piazza Barberini, near the entrance t ...

, Rome *

Fountain of the Tritons The Fountain of the Tritons (Italian: ''Fontana dei Tritoni'') is a fountain in Rome (Italy), Piazza Bocca della Verità, in front of the basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. This fountain should be distinguished from the similarly named nearby ...

, Rome, completed in 1715 *

Triton Fountain (Malta) The Tritons’ Fountain ( mt, Il-Funtana tat-Tritoni) is a fountain located just outside the City Gate of Valletta, Malta. It consists of three bronze Tritons holding up a large basin, balanced on a concentric base built out of concrete and cla ...

, Valletta, Malta, created in 1959

Literature

* ''Triton'' (collection), a 1949 collection of fantasy short stories by L. Ron Hubbard * Triton (comics), a Marvel Comics character * ''Triton'' (novel), a 1976 novel by Samuel R. Delany * ''

Tritón (magazine) ''Tritón'' is a Mexican magazine dedicated to news, books and information on swimming, diving and water polo. See also *List of Mexican magazines The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Mexico. They a ...

'', a Mexican magazine dedicated to swimming, diving and water polo

Military and government

* , various Royal Navy vessels * ''Triton''-class submarine or T-class, a class of British vessels * , various US Navy vessels * , various Danish Navy vessels ** HDMS ''Triton'' (F358), a Danish Navy frigate ** HDMS ''Triton'' (1790), an earlier Danish frigate * RV ''Triton'', a trimaran vessel used by the Australian Custom Service, and formerly by the Royal Navy for research * USCGC ''Triton'', a list of US Coast Guard vessels ** USCGC ''Triton'' (WPC-116), a US Coast Guard patrol boat commissioned in 1934 *

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton is an American high-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) under development for the United States Navy as a surveillance aircraft. Together with its associated ground control station, it is a ...

, a United States Navy unmanned aerial vehicle * Triton, a World War II encryption network using the Enigma machine *''Triton,'' a

Type 209 submarine The Type 209 is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed exclusively for export by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany. The original variant (Type 209/1100) was designed in the late 1960s. The class is exclusively designed for ...

of the Hellenic Navy

People

Tritón (wrestler) Tritón (born March 23, 1987) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler is primarily known for his work for the professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) portraying a '' tecnico'' ("Good ...

(born 1987), Mexican ''luchador enmascarado''

Characters

* Thomas Triton, a character in ''The Deptford Mice''

Mascots

* Triton, mascot of

Eckerd College Eckerd College is a private liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded in 1958, part of the campus is waterfront and beach on Boca Ciega Bay. Because of its location, Eckerd is considered a "beach school" and has its own stude ...

* Triton, mascot of Edmonds College * Triton, mascot of Pacifica High School (Oxnard, California) * Triton, mascot of

Mariner High School (Cape Coral, Florida) Mariner High School is located in Cape Coral, Florida in the Lee County School District and is home to the Fightin' Tritons. The school is located at 701 Chiquita Boulevard North and serves students from Cape Coral, the neighboring villages on P ...

* Triton, mascot of San Clemente High School (San Clemente, California) * Triton, mascot of the

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Insti ...

* Triton, mascot of the

University of Guam University of Guam ( ch, Unibetsedåt Guåhan) (U.O.G.) is a public land-grant university in Mangilao, Guam. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and offers thirty-four degree programs at the undergraduate level ...

* Triton, mascot of the University of Missouri–St. Louis

Places

* Triton Point, a point on the east coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica * Triton, Newfoundland and Labrador, a village in Canada * Triton Bay, an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada * Triton River, a river flowing into

Lake Copais Lake Copais, also spelled Kopais or Kopaida ( grc, Κωπαΐς; ell, Κωπαΐδα), was a lake in the centre of Boeotia, Greece, west of Thebes. It was drained in the late 19th century. It is now flat dry land and is still known as Kopaida. ...

, Greece * Triton Bay, Kaimana, West Papua, Indonesia * Triton Island, a Paracel Island in the South China Sea

Schools

Triton High School (disambiguation) Triton High School may refer to: *Triton Junior–Senior High School, Bourbon, Indiana *Triton Regional High School (Massachusetts), Byfield, Massachusetts *Triton Senior High School, Dodge Center, Minnesota *Triton Regional High School (New Jersey ...

** Triton Regional High School (New Jersey), a high school in Runnemede, New Jersey *

Triton College Triton College is a public community college in River Grove, Illinois. History Junior College District 300 was voted into existence in a referendum in March 1964. In March 1965, a second referendum was passed approving the purchase of an camp ...

, Illinois, United States *

Triton Regional School District Triton commonly refers to: * Triton (mythology), a Greek god * Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune Triton may also refer to: Biology * Triton cockatoo, a parrot * Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails * ''Triton'', a synonym of ''Triturus'' ...

, a school district in Massachusetts, United States

Sport

UC San Diego Tritons The UC San Diego Tritons are the sport, athletic teams that represent the University of California, San Diego. UC San Diego has 23 varsity sports teams and offers student participation in a wide range of sports. As of July 1, 2020, all UC San Die ...

, an athletic sports team for the University of California, San Diego * Tampa Bay Tritons, a defunct professional roller hockey team * Triton Financial Classic, a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 2003 to 2009 *

UMSL Tritons The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) Tritons are the athletic programs represent the University of Missouri–St. Louis. They compete in NCAA Division II and are members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Sports University of Mi ...

, University of Missouri–St. Louis athletic squad * White Rock Tritons, a youth baseball team in South Surrey, British Columbia, Canada *

Seigneurie du Triton The Seigneurie du Triton is a hunting and fishing outfitter located in the municipality of Lake Edouard, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, Canada. The outfitter has exclusive rights to of wilderness, and is a private enterprise ...

, a hunting and fishing club in Quebec, Canada

Technology

Triton (content delivery) Triton was a digital delivery and digital rights management service created by Digital Interactive Streams, which abruptly went out of business in early October 2006. Triton was a new competitor in the rapidly growing market for electronic distrib ...

, a digital delivery and digital rights management service until 2006 *

Triton disk drive The Triton Quick Disk Drive is a product that allows 2.8-inch floppy disks to be read on the Commodore 64,E Ink Triton E Ink (electronic ink) is a brand of electronic paper (e-paper) display technology commercialized by the E Ink Corporation, which was co-founded in 1997 by MIT undergraduates JD Albert and Barrett Comiskey, MIT Media Lab professor Joseph Jacobson ...

, an electronic paper technology * Korg Triton, a music workstation synthesizer *

Triton chipset This article provides a list of motherboard chipsets made by Intel, divided into three main categories: those that use the PCI bus for interconnection (the 4xx series), those that connect using specialized "hub links" (the 8xx series), and those ...

, an Intel Pentium chipset *

Triton X-100 Triton X-100 (''n'') is a nonionic surfactant that has a hydrophilic polyethylene oxide chain (on average it has 9.5 ethylene oxide units) and an aromatic hydrocarbon lipophilic or hydrophobic group. The hydrocarbon group is a 4-( 1,1,3,3-tetra ...

, a nonionic surfactant * TRITON, a SODAR system for measuring sound wave scattering * AIM Triton, a version of the

AOL Instant Messenger AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) was an instant messaging and presence computer program created by AOL, which used the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. AIM wa ...

software * Triton, a line of GPS receivers manufactured by

Magellan Navigation Magellan Navigation, Inc. is an American producer of consumer and professional grade global positioning system receivers, named after Ferdinand Magellan, the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe. Headquartered in San Dimas, California, with E ...

* Triton (malware), used to attack the Triconex control system at a power plant *

Triton (programming language) Triton is a programming language and compiler for writing highly-efficient, custom deep-learning primitives developed by OpenAI. The aim of Triton is to provide an open-source environment to write fast code at higher productivity than CUDA, but ...

a Python based programming language for use in AI projects developed by OpenAI

Vehicles

Air

Sikorsky S-61T Triton The Sikorsky S-61L and S-61N are civil variants of the SH-3 Sea King military helicopter. It was developed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. The commercial version of the Sea King was developed during the ...

, a helicopter * Sud-Ouest Triton, a jet aircraft *

Micronautix Triton The Micronautix Triton is an American 3-5 passenger sightseeing and flight experience aircraft. Design and development The Triton is a single engine pusher aircraft with three fuselage sections joined by a mid-wing and a Double-V shaped tailplan ...

, a 4-6 place flight experience aircraft * ''Triton'', the Super Constellation airliner involved in the

KLM Flight 633 KLM Flight 633 was a passenger flight from Amsterdam to New York City. On 5 September 1954, immediately after takeoff from Shannon Airport, the Super Constellation Triton ditched on a mudbank in the River Shannon. 28 people were killed in the acc ...

crash

Land

* Mitsubishi Triton, a pickup truck *

Triton motorcycle Triton motorcycles were hybrid motor cycles built from the 1950s to the 1970s that involved fitting Triumph engines into Norton frames. Because no factory offered Triton motorcycles, they were typically privately constructed. However, some UK ...

, a hybrid Triumph–Norton motorcycle of the 1960s-1970s * Ford Triton engine

Sea

* ''Triton'' (steamboat), a vessel that operated on Lake Washington in the first part of the 20th century * MV ''Coral'', formerly ''Triton'', a cruise ship from 1991 to 2004 *

Pearson Triton The Pearson Triton, sometimes referred to as a Triton 28, is an American sailboat that was designed by Carl Alberg as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1958. It was introduced at the 1959 ''National Boat Show'' in New York City and was one of ...

, a sailboat *

Triton 22 The Triton 22 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1985. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 209. International Marine/McGraw-H ...

, an American sailboat design * Triton 24 sailing yacht, a sloop manufactured in Sydney, Australia, throughout the 1980s *

Triton 25 The Triton 25, also called the Pearson 25, is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1984. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 314. ...

, an American sailboat design

Other uses

Triton (physics) Tritium ( or , ) or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with half-life about 12 years. The nucleus of tritium (t, sometimes called a ''triton'') contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of ...

, the nucleus of tritium, an isotope of hydrogen * Triton (chamber music society), a chamber music society founded in Paris 1932 by Pierre-Octave Ferroud * Triton (demogroup), a demo group active in the PC demoscene from 1992 to about 1996 *

Triton (Dungeons & Dragons) Tritons are a fictional species in the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Publication history The tritons were introduced to the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game in its first supplement, ''Greyhawk'' (1975), and also appeared in the ...

, a fictional species in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game * Triton (fairy chess piece), a combined Rook and Locust * Energy-Quest ''Triton Expedition'', a deep sea voyage *

Operation Triton Operation Triton was an operation conducted by Frontex, the European Union's border security agency. The operation, under Italian control, began on 1 November 2014 and ended on 1 February 2018 when it was replaced by Operation Themis. It involv ...

, a border security operation in the Mediterranean Sea *

, a wetting agent * Triton Knoll, a proposed offshore wind farm off the coast of Lincolnshire, England, UK * Triton Light, a navigational beacon on the seawall of the United States Naval Academy, US * Triton Museum of Art, a museum in Santa Clara, California, US *

Triton City Triton commonly refers to: * Triton (mythology), a Greek god * Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune Triton may also refer to: Biology * Triton cockatoo, a parrot * Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails * ''Triton'', a synonym of ''Triturus' ...

, a concept for a floating city proposed by

Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster Fuller (; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing m ...