Tribrach
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Tribrach can refer to:
- Tribrach (poetry)Tribrach (poetry)A tribrach is a metrical foot used in formal poetry and Greek and Latin verse. In quantitative meter , it consists of three short syllables; in accentual-syllabic verse , the tribrach consists of three unstressed syllables. According to some sources, another name for this meter is choree, from the...
, a metrical foot of three short syllables. - Tribrach (instrument)Tribrach (instrument)right|thumb|A tribrach with an optical plummet .In surveying science, a tribrach means an instrument attachment plate containing three thumbscrews . The device consists of two triangular metal plates, which are connected at their corners by thumbscrews...
, a device used in surveying for mounting an instrument on a surveyor's tripod.