TRINITITE
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 3:47 pm
Marking the 60th anniversary of the first atomic bomb test at the Trinity Site.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
trinitite
SYLLABICATION: trin·i·tite
PRONUNCIATION: trĭn'ĭ-tīt'
NOUN: An olive green, glasslike substance formed from the sand melted by the heat that was generated by the first nuclear blast at the New Mexico test site in 1945.
ETYMOLOGY: After the Trinity Site in New Mexico, after Trinity, code name for the first atomic bomb test.
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