tribrach

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɹaɪbɹæk/|/ˈtɹɪbɹæk/|/ˈtɹʌɪbɹak/|/ˈtɹɪbɹak/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A metrical foot consisting of three short syllables.
    — For your foote tribracchus of all three short, ye haue very few trissillables.
  2. A figure or object having three arms or branches.
    — An optical plummet, built into either the tribrach or alidade of total station instruments, permits accurate centering over a point.
  3. A figure or object having three arms or branches.; A tribrachial prehistoric flint implement.
    — In a recent examination of the registers of the Ryde Philosophical Society, Mr. Martin has found, as I have been informed through Mr. Westropp’s kindness, the entry, that the flint tribrach was presented to the collection by the late Dr. Martin in 1853, with other objects from Ventnor, and as having been obtained on the shore at that place.

词形变化

tribrachs plural tribracchus alternative tribrack alternative tribrachus alternative tribrachys alternative tribrac alternative tribrachs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
tribrachial

词源

词源 1
PIE word
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From the Latin tribrachys, from the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (trĭ́brăkhŭs), from τρῐ- (trĭ-, “tri-”) + βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”). Compare the French tribraque.
词源 2
English tri- + Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (brăkhī́ōn, “arm”)
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