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-'''Trinity''' is a word meaning a close-knit group of three members.
+{{Otheruses1|the Christian Trinity}}
-In Christian doctrine, the word "trinity" is short for the [[Holy Trinity]] of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
-Many things, particularly places and colleges, have been named "Trinity," usually in reference to the Holy Trinity. Both Oxford and Cambridge have colleges named Trinity College. Duke University was formerly named Trinity College. Trinity College is the name of a well-known small liberal arts college in Connecticut. There are numerous towns named Trinity in the United States.
-==The Trinity atomic bomb test==
-A test code-named '''Trinity''' was the first atomic explosion in world history, on July 16, 1945.  It occurred in a remote location in the middle of New Mexico.
-The atomic bomb that exploded was the implosion-design plutonium bomb, equivalent to what was later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.  Here is a photograph of the Trinity explosion that is in the government archives:
-[[Image:Trinity.jpg]]