tripos
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of tripos
1580–90; pseudo-Hellenization of Latin tripūs tripod
Example Sentences
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“I am seeing plenty of Lingulodinium polyedra and Tripos furca the last few days — both are producers of the bioluminescence light shows we are seeing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024
Attending Cambridge, he sat for the Mathematical Tripos, a grueling eight-day exam that largely tested one’s ability to quickly calculate for extended periods of time.
From Salon • Jul. 29, 2024
Pigou, one of the examiners of the Economics Tripos at Cambridge University that year, wrote to Keynes to complain that both staff and students were taking much of his work too literally:
From Economist • Nov. 26, 2013
Again in the footnote you say that the term "Tripos" is applied especially to mathematics.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been educated at Rugby and Trinity, Cambridge, where he rowed a fairly good oar, on principle, and took a middle second in the Moral Science Tripos.
From The Talking Horse And Other Tales by Anstey, F.
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