tripos
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈtraɪpɒs/
- Jargon
- Completing the Tripos is a significant achievement for any student at Cambridge University.
Examples
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After graduating from Reed in 1992, Barnes attended Cambridge University, where he passed the Tripos examination, earning a certificate of advanced study in mathematics.
Academic text (1993) -
Whereas at Cambridge philosophy was formally studied only as part of the Moral Sciences Tripos, which did not enroll large numbers of students, at Oxford the Honour School of Literae Humaniores (popularly known as "Greats") was one of the largest in the university.
Academic text (2001) -
And while he was at Cambridge he got a first class with his first, both triposes as well as built the world's first jet engine.
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" Certainly no serious Tripos student back in the day would have accepted your principle that no cramming and jamming is of any use.
Blog text (29) -
Rather, the Tripos purported to be just what you insist the Putnam is: a test of "out of the box," "creative" thinking.
Blog text (29) -
Laurens, it's not that I'm ignoring Hardy's argument; it's that I just don't see how the Tripos can be compared to the Putnam exam.
Blog text (29) -
And it's clear that Hardy (if you've read his essay) disagreed strongly with your characterization of the Tripos (indeed, this is evident even from the short excerpt I quoted from him above).
Blog text (29) -
It was the sort of lore we imagined a high-caste young Indian would learn at Cambridge University while slogging away at something called the Moral Sciences Tripos (essential hurdle for someone destined to go home to India to rule).
Fiction book (1994) -
After years of studying, she successfully passed the Tripos examination in mathematics at Cambridge University.
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He dedicated his final year to prepare for the Tripos in philosophy, knowing it would determine his degree classification.
Synonyms
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2.7
An exam at the end of a course that tests what students learned
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2.7
A test at the end of a school term that checks what you learned
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3.4
A test at the end of a course to see what students know
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tripos comes from an old word for a 'three-legged stool', the same root you see in tripod. At Cambridge examiners once used such a stool and the name came to mean the three-part final honours exams, so a tripos today is one of those final degree examinations.