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Tribrach

//ˈtɹaɪbɹæk// noun

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Noun

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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

PIE word *tréyes From the Latin tribrachys, from the Ancient Greek τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς (trĭ́brăkhŭs), from τρῐ- (trĭ-, “tri-”) + βρᾰχῠ́ς (brăkhŭ́s, “short”). Compare the French tribraque.

Etymology 2

English tri- + Ancient Greek βρᾰχῑ́ων (brăkhī́ōn, “arm”)

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