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ˈtraɪ pɒstri·pos

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. triposnoun

    final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University

Wiktionary

  1. triposnoun

    A three-legged structure; a tripod.

  2. triposnoun

    Any of the final examinations for a BA honours degree at Cambridge University.

  3. Etymology: Alteration of tripus, as though with a Greek ending.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Triposnoun

    A tripod. See Tripod.

    Welcome all that lead or follow,
    To the oracle of Apollo;
    Here he speaks out of his pottle,
    Or the tripos, his tower bottle. Ben Jonson.

    Craz’d fool, who would’st be thought an oracle,
    Come down from off the tripos, and speak plain. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. Tripos

    At the University of Cambridge, a Tripos ( (listen), plural 'Triposes') is any of the examinations that qualify an undergraduate for a bachelor's degree or the courses taken by a student to prepare for these. For example, an undergraduate studying mathematics is said to be reading for the Mathematical Tripos, whilst a student of English literature is reading for the English Tripos. In most traditional English universities, a student registers to study one field exclusively, rather than having "majors" or "minors" as in American, Australian, Canadian, or Scottish universities. In practice, however, most degrees may be fairly interdisciplinary in nature, depending on the subject. The multi-part tripos system at Cambridge also allows substantial changes in field between parts; the Natural Sciences Tripos is especially designed to allow a highly flexible curriculum across the sciences.

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  1. tripos

    A Tripos is a term used at the University of Cambridge and other British universities to refer to an undergraduate course or degree, or the examination taken for such a degree. The term is derived from the three-legged stool candidates used to sit on when taking oral exams in the Middle Ages. In a more generic sense, it can refer to any three-part structure or system.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Triposnoun

    a tripod

  2. Triposnoun

    a university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper

Wikidata

  1. TRIPOS

    TRIPOS is a computer operating system. Development started in 1976 at the Computer Laboratory of Cambridge University and it was headed by Dr. Martin Richards. The first version appeared in January 1978 and it originally ran on a PDP-11. Later it was ported to the Computer Automation LSI4 and the Data General Nova. Work on a Motorola 68000 version started in 1981 at the University of Bath. MetaComCo acquired the rights to the 68000 version and continued development until TRIPOS was chosen by Commodore Amiga in March 1985 to form part of an operating system for their new computer.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tripos

    trī′pos, n. a university examination for honours at Cambridge: the list of successful candidates in an honours examination at Cambridge: a tripod. [Prob. traceable to the custom by which a B.A., known as Mr Tripos, sat on a three-legged stool and disputed in the Philosophy School at Cambridge on Ash Wednesday, his speech being called the Tripos speech.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tripos in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tripos in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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