tribrach
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bræk, ˈtrɪb noun
Prosody. a foot of three short syllables.
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tribrach1 (ˈtraɪbræk, ˈtrɪb-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| prosody a metrical foot of three short syllables (⏑⏑⏑) | |
| [C16: from Latin tribrachys, from Greek tribrakhus, from | |
| tri'brachic1 | |
| —adj | |
| tri'brachial1 | |
| —adj | |
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Tribrach
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| tribrach2 (ˈtrɪbræk) | |
| —n | |
| archaeol a three-armed object, esp a flint implement | |
| [C19: from | |
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Example sentences
All backsights and foresights will be to a prism secured to a tribrach and tripod.
Center and level the instrument over the mark using only the tribrach.
Plummets, which cannot be rotated about a point, are checked through the use of a test ring mounted on a second tribrach.
Never leave an instrument or its tribrach on the tripod without securing either to the tripod.
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