tripod

[ trahy-pod ]
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noun
  1. a stool, table, pedestal, etc., with three legs.

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

  1. the oracular seat of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi.

Origin of tripod

1
1595–1605; <Latin tripod- (stem of tripūs) <Greek tripod- (stem of trípous) originally, three-footed. See tri-, -pod

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British Dictionary definitions for tripod

tripod

/ (ˈtraɪpɒd) /


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

  2. a stand or table having three legs

Origin of tripod

1
C17: via Latin from Greek tripod-, tripous three-footed, from tri- + pous foot

Derived forms of tripod

  • tripodal (ˈtrɪpədəl), adjective

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