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Classical tripos examinationTripos 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. Cross-examinationExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Cross-examinationCross-examination Cross"-ex*am`i*na"tion
(kr?s"?gz-?m`?-n?"sh?n; 115), n. (Law)
The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party
against whom he has been called and examined. See
Examination. Direct examinationDirect Di*rect", a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct:
cf. F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.]
1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by
the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct
line; direct means.
What is direct to, what slides by, the question.
--Locke.
2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from
truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
Be even and direct with me. --Shak.
3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
--Locke.
A direct and avowed interference with elections.
--Hallam.
4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant
in the direct line.
5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary
motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs;
not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.
Direct action. (Mach.) See Direct-acting.
Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted
without change in its form; as, he said ``I can not
come;' -- correlative to indirect discourse, in which
there is change of form; as, he said that he could not
come. They are often called respectively by their Latin
names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua.
Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or not
inferential; -- opposed to circumstantial, or indirect,
evidence. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal,
since there is no direct evidence that is not
circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its
credibility. --Wharton.
Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a
witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott.
Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is
perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet
aimed at.
Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working
condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight.
Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and
polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or
customs, and from excise. Direct examinationExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Examinable
Examinable Ex*am"i*na*ble, a.
Capable of being examined or inquired into. --Bacon.
Examinant
Examinant Ex*am"i*nant, n. [L. examinans, -antis, examining.]
1. One who examines; an examiner. --Sir W. Scott.
2. One who is to be examined. [Obs.] --H. Prideaux.
ExaminateExaminate Ex*am"i*nate, n. [L. examinatus, p. p. of examinare.
See Examine. ]
A person subjected to examination. [Obs.] --Bacon. ExaminationExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Examination in chiefExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Examinator
Examinator Ex*am"i*na`tor, n. [L.: cf. F. examinateur.]
An examiner. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Physical examinationPhysical Phys"ic*al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created
existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also,
of or relating to natural or material things, or to the
bodily structure, as opposed to things mental, moral,
spiritual, or imaginary; material; natural; as, armies and
navies are the physical force of a nation; the body is the
physical part of man.
Labor, in the physical world, is . . . employed in
putting objects in motion. --J. S. Mill.
A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere
physical force. --Macaulay.
2. Of or pertaining to physics, or natural philosophy;
treating of, or relating to, the causes and connections of
natural phenomena; as, physical science; physical laws.
``Physical philosophy.' --Pope.
3. Perceptible through a bodily or material organization;
cognizable by the senses; external; as, the physical,
opposed to chemical, characters of a mineral.
4. Of or pertaining to physic, or the art of medicine;
medicinal; curative; healing; also, cathartic; purgative.
[Obs.] ``Physical herbs.' --Sir T. North.
Is Brutus sick? and is it physical To walk unbraced,
and suck up the humors Of the dank morning? --Shak.
Physical astronomy, that part of astronomy which treats of
the causes of the celestial motions; specifically, that
which treats of the motions resulting from universal
gravitation.
Physical education, training of the bodily organs and
powers with a view to the promotion of health and vigor.
Physical examination (Med.), an examination of the bodily
condition of a person.
Physical geography. See under Geography.
Physical point, an indefinitely small portion of matter; a
point conceived as being without extension, yet having
physical properties, as weight, inertia, momentum, etc.; a
material point.
Physical signs (Med.), the objective signs of the bodily
state afforded by a physical examination. Post-mortem examinationPost-mortem Post-mor"tem, a. [L., after death.]
After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
Post-mortem examination (Med.), an examination of the body
made after the death of the patient; an autopsy. Preexamination
Preexamination Pre`["e]x*am`i*na"tion, n.
Previous examination.
Re-direct examinationExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. ReexaminationReexamination Re`["e]x*am`i*na"tion (-?*n?"sh?n), n.
A repeated examination. See under Examination. ReexaminationExamination Ex*am`i*na"tion, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by
a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising
out of, the cross-examination.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration. Self-examinant
Self-examinant Self`-ex*am"i*nant, n.
One who examines himself; one given to self-examination.
The humiliated self-examinant feels that there is evil
in our nature as well as good. --Coleridge.
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