tripod

[trahy-pod]

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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.

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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Examples from the Web for tripod

Contemporary Examples

He took his camera bag, but we thought walking with a tripod would not be a good idea, so we left it in the car.
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West said he saw a massage table and video camera in the studio, attached to a tripod.
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And he brought a digital camera and a tripod to document his endeavors.
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October 14, 2009

Historical Examples

He left the pot on a tripod on a bed of coals, ready for use.
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Jennie Hall
A searchlight was on a tripod at the center, and a spool of electric cable.
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Charles Willard Diffin
He was carrying a piece of machinery that looked like a camera on a tripod.
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Ross Rocklynne
He dropped the tripod thing in a corner, and sidled toward me.
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I spraddled the tripod purposely to keep it from being upset.
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British Dictionary definitions for tripod

tripod

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 Formstripodal (ˈtrɪpədəl), adjective

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for tripod

n.

c.1600, "three-legged vessel," from Latin tripus (genitive tripodis), from Greek tripous (genitive tripodos) "a three-legged stool or table," literally "three-footed," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + pous (genitive podos) "foot" (see foot).

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Examples from the Web for tripod

Contemporary Examples

He took his camera bag, but we thought walking with a tripod would not be a good idea, so we left it in the car.

West said he saw a massage table and video camera in the studio, attached to a tripod.

And he brought a digital camera and a tripod to document his endeavors.

Historical Examples

He left the pot on a tripod on a bed of coals, ready for use.

A searchlight was on a tripod at the center, and a spool of electric cable.

He was carrying a piece of machinery that looked like a camera on a tripod.

He dropped the tripod thing in a corner, and sidled toward me.

I spraddled the tripod purposely to keep it from being upset.

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Word Origin and History for tripod

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