English Explanatory Dictionary

trinitite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The glassy residue left on the desert floor after the Trinity nuclear bomb test of 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA.
  2. by extension, any melt glasses left by atomic bombs

Word forms

trinitite trinitites

Etymology

From Trinity + -ite.

Synonyms

Alamogordo glass

Related words

impactite impact glass fulgurite fusion crust
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