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Classical tripos examination
Tripos Tri"pos, n.; pl. Triposes. [Gr. ? a tripod. See Tripod.] 1. A tripod. [Obs.] --Dryden. 2. A university examination of questionists, for honors; also, a tripos paper; one who prepares a tripos paper. [Cambridge University, Eng.] Classical tripos examination, the final university examination for classical honors, optional to all who have taken the mathematical honors. --C. A. Bristed. Tripos paper, 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. --C. A. Bristed.
Classicalism
Classicalism Clas"sic*al*ism, n. 1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism. 2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.
Classicalist
Classicalist Clas"sic*al*ist, n. One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art. --Ruskin.
Classicality
Classicality Clas`si*cal"i*ty, Classicalness Clas"sic*al*ness, n. The quality of being classical.
Classically
Classically Clas"sic*al*ly, adv. 1. In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors. 2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.
Classicalness
Classicality Clas`si*cal"i*ty, Classicalness Clas"sic*al*ness, n. The quality of being classical.

Meaning of classical from wikipedia

- the word classical has several meanings. in general, these meanings refer to some past time, works of that era or later works influenced
- classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of western liturgical and secular music , encompassing a
- classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is a broad term for a long period of cultural history
- classics (sometimes encompassing classical studies or classical civilization) is the branch of the humanities comprising the language s,
- classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of greek and roman
- the classical guitar is the member of the guitar family used in classical music . it is an acoustical wooden guitar with six classical
- the dates of the classical period in western music are generally accepted as being between about 1730 and 1820. the term classical music
- classicism, in the arts , refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the western tradition, as
- in physics , classical mechanics is one of the two major sub-fields of mechanics , which is concerned with the set of physical law s
- contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism