tripod
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[trahy-pod] Pronunciation Key
[trahy-pod] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs. |
| 2. | a three-legged stand or support, as for a camera or telescope. |
| 3. | the oracular seat of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi. |
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| tri·pod
(trī'pŏd') Pronunciation Key
n.
[Latin tripūs, tripod-, from Greek tripous, three-footed : tri-, tri- + pous, foot; see -pod.] trip'o·dal (trĭp'ə-dl, trī'pŏd'l) adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tripod
tripod
1603, "three-legged vessel," from L. tripus (gen. tripodis), from Gk. tripous (gen. tripodos) "a three-legged stool or table," lit. "three-footed," from tri- "three" + pous (gen. podos) "foot" (see foot).
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Tripod
Tri"pod\, n. [L. tripus, -odis, Gr. ?; ? (see Tri-) + ?, ?, foot. See Foot, and cf. Tripos, Trivet.]1. Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet. Note: On such, a stool, in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, the Pythian priestess sat while giving responses to those consulting the Delphic oracle. 2. A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument. Tripod of life, or Vital tripod (Physiol.), the three organs, the heart, lungs, and brain; -- so called because their united action is necessary to the maintenance of life.
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