tripos

Any of the examinations for the B.A. degree with honors at Cambridge University in England.

A tripod.

In Cambridge University, England, the list of the successful candidates for honors in the departments specified in the quotation; also, the honor examination itself in any of these departments.

A tripod.

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

the final university examination for classical honors, optional to all who have taken the mathematical honors.

a printed list of the successful candidates for mathematical honors, accompanied by a piece in Latin verse. There are two of these, designed to commemorate the two tripos days. The first contains the names of the wranglers and senior optimes, and the second the names of the junior optimes. The word tripos is supposed to refer to the three-legged stool formerly used at the examinations for these honors, though some derive it from the three brackets formerly printed on the back of the paper.

A three-legged structure; a tripod.

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

final honors degree examinations at Cambridge University