trinitite

English

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

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Suffix from English Trinity.

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Trinity

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