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tripos

[ trahy-pos ]

noun

, plural tri·pos·es.
  1. (at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.


tripos

/ ˈtraɪpɒs /

noun

  1. the final honours degree examinations in all subjects at Cambridge University
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tripos1

1580–90; pseudo-Hellenization of Latin tripūs tripod
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tripos1

C16: from Latin tripūs , influenced by Greek noun ending -os
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Example Sentences

He wrote original articles for the Cambridge Mathematical Journal, on points in pure and in applied mathematics, and read mathematical books altogether outside the scope of the tripos.

In the mathematical tripos of 1794, was second wrangler, sickness alone preventing him from obtaining the highest honor of the year.

University settlements are no more limited to a single sex than the tripos work of the Cambridge Senate House, or of the Extension lecture rooms, which enjoy the patronage of the Oxford schools.

Educated at Edinburgh Academy and University and Trinity College, Cambridge, he graduated 1st class in the Moral Science tripos in 1873, and in the same year took holy orders.

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with first-class honours in the classical tripos in 1851.

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