Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

triposmore about tripos

tripos

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tripos  \Tri"pos\,  n.;  pl  {Triposes}.  [Gr.  ?  a  tripod.  See 
  {Tripod}.] 
  1.  A  tripod.  [Obs.]  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  A  university  examination  of  questionists,  for  honors; 
  also  a  tripos  paper;  one  who  prepares  a  tripos  paper. 
  [Cambridge  University,  Eng.] 
 
  {Classical  tripos  examination},  the  final  university 
  examination  for  classical  honors,  optional  to  all  who  have 
  taken  the  mathematical  honors.  --C.  A.  Bristed. 
 
  {Tripos  paper},  a  printed  list  of  the  successful  candidates 
  for  mathematical  honors,  accompanied  by  a  piece  in  Latin 
  verse.  There  are  two  of  these  designed  to  commemorate  the 
  two  tripos  days.  The  first  contains  the  names  of  the 
  wranglers  and  senior  optimes,  and  the  second  the  names  of 
  the  junior  optimes.  The  word  tripos  is  supposed  to  refer 
  to  the  three-legged  stool  formerly  used  at  the 
  examinations  for  these  honors,  though  some  derive  it  from 
  the  three  brackets  formerly  printed  on  the  back  of  the 
  paper.  --C.  A.  Bristed. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tripos 
  n  :  final  honors  degree  examinations  at  Cambridge  University




more about tripos