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tri·brach

(trī′brăk′)

A metrical foot having three short or unstressed syllables.

[Latin tribrachys, from Greek tribrakhus : tri-, tri- + brakhus, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.]

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tribrach

(ˈtraɪbræk; ˈtrɪb-)

(Poetry) prosody a metrical foot of three short syllables (˘˘˘)

[C16: from Latin tribrachys, from Greek tribrakhus, from tri- + brakhus short]

triˈbrachic, triˈbrachial adj

tribrach

(ˈtrɪbræk)

(Archaeology) archaeol a three-armed object, esp a flint implement

[C19: from tri- + Greek brakhiōn arm]

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tri•brach

(ˈtraɪ bræk, ˈtrɪb ræk)

n.

a metrical foot of three short syllables.

[< Latin tribrachys < Greek tríbrachys=tri- tri- + brachýs short]

tribrach

a foot composed of three short syllables. — tribrachic, adj.

tribrach

A prehistoric flint tool with three projections.

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Other devices included Leica TC1800 electronic tachymeter, a micrometric table, a surveying tripod, three-axis photographic head--Manfrotto 405 Geared Head, geodetic tripod for engineering purposes with a jib, two tribrachs, two targets and the observation pillar.

The possibility of using close-range mono-photogrammetry in measuring relative displacements of rock blocks

The traditional survey tool is a "total station," which is a conventional survey system with an instrument usually referred to as a gun, plus required prisms, poles, tripods, batteries, and tripod-mounted levels called tribrachs. Until recently, the Army version of this set was the Geodimeter[R] Automated Integrated Survey Instrument (AISI) 444.