tripos

American  

[trahy-pos] / ˈtraɪ pɒs /

noun

plural

triposes

1. (at Cambridge University, England) any of various final honors examinations.

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tripos British  

/ ˈtraɪpɒs /

noun

1. the final honours degree examinations in all subjects at Cambridge University

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Etymology

Origin of tripos

1580–90; pseudo-Hellenization of Latin tripūs tripod

Example Sentences

Though he did not compete in the mathematical tripos, he acquired a great reputation at the university.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Sladder: I don't give a damn for classics; and I don't give a damn for Cambridge; and I don't know what a tripos is.

From Plays of Near & Far by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

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.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)

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.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

Fortunately for us, then, Darwin did not waste his time at Cambridge over the vain and frivolous pursuits of the classical tripos.

From Charles Darwin by Allen, Grant