tripod

[ trahy-pod ]

/ ˈtraɪ pɒd /

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noun

a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.

a three-legged stand or support, as for a camera or telescope.

the oracular seat of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.

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mount, frame

Nearby words

triploblastic, triploid, triplopia, triply, tripmeter, tripod, tripodal, tripodic, tripody, tripoli, tripolitan war

Origin of tripod

1595–1605; < Latin tripod- (stem of tripūs) < Greek tripod- (stem of trípous) orig., three-footed. See tri-, -pod

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The "tripod of life" a French physiologist called these three organs.
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I leant up as one of a tripod of three of us, my face towards the burning city.
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At the left of the tripod is an abbreviation for year 3; at the right is a monogram.
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The apparatus is then placed on the tripod over the alcohol lamp.
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British Dictionary definitions for tripod

tripod

/ (ˈtraɪpɒd) /

noun

an adjustable and usually collapsible three-legged stand to which a camera, etc, can be attached to hold it steady

a stand or table having three legs

Derived Forms

tripodal (ˈtrɪpədəl), adjective

Word Origin for tripod

C17: via Latin from Greek tripod-, tripous three-footed, from tri- + pous foot

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tripod

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tripod

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