trinititeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Trinity +‎ -ite.

名詞

trinitite (usually uncountable, plural trinitites)

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) Synonym of atomsite: any melt glasses left by atomic bombs

同意語

(Trinity test site):

• Alamogordo glass
• Trinity glass

上位語

(Trinity test site):

• trinitite (melt glasses from nuclear explosions)
• atomsite (melt glasses from US nuclear bomb test sites)

(nuclear melt glass):

• melt glass (minerals melted by exposure to extreme heat and vitrified)

下位語

(nuclear melt glass):

• trinitite (Trinity test melt glass)
• Alamogordo glass (Trinity test melt glass)
• atomsite (melt glasses from US nuclear bomb test sites)
• hiroshimaite (melt glasses from Hiroshima)
• kharitonchik (melt glasses from the Soviet nuke bomb Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan)

参考

• impactite (metamorphic minerals caused by meteor heating of non-meteoritic materials)
• impact glass (melt glasses caused by meteor heating of non-meteoritic materials)
• fulgurite (melt glasses caused by lightning strikes)
• fusion crust (metamorphic minerals on the surface of meteorites caused by atmospheric entry heating)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Trinitite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “trinitite”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.