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

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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