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tripod

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tri·pod  (trpd)
n.
1. A three-legged object, such as a cauldron, stool, or table.
2. An adjustable three-legged stand, as for supporting a transit or camera.

[Latin trips, tripod-, from Greek tripous, three-footed : tri-, tri- + pous, foot; see -pod.]

tripo·dal (trp-dl, trpdl) adj.

tripod [ˈtraɪpɒd]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) an adjustable and usually collapsible three-legged stand to which a camera, etc., can be attached to hold it steady
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a stand or table having three legs
[via Latin from Greek tripod-, tripous three-footed, from tri- + pous foot]
tripodal  [ˈtrɪpədəl] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tripodtripod - a three-legged rack used for support
camera tripod - a tripod used to support a camera
easel - an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)
leg - one of the supports for a piece of furniture
rack, stand - a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack"
Translations
tripod [ˈtraɪpɒd] Ntrípode m

tripod [ˈtraɪpɒd] ntrépied m

tripod
n (Phot) → Stativ nt; (Hist) → Dreifuß m

tripod [ˈtraɪpɒd] ntreppiede m
tripod [ˈtraɪpɒd] ntreppiede m

tripod
n tripod [ˈtraipod]
a stand with three legs, especially for a camera. driepoot مِنْصَب ثُلاثي القَوائِم триножник stativ trebenet stativ der Dreifuß,das Stativ τρίποδο trípode kolmjalg سه پایه jalusta trépied חֲצוּבָה तिपाई tronožac fotoállvány kakitiga þrífótur treppiede 3脚台 삼각대 trikojis trijkājis kaki tiga; tripod driepoot (kamera)stativ trójnóg trepied тренога statív trinožnik; stativ tripod stativ ขาตั้งสามขา üç ayaklı sehpa 三角支架 тринога; штатив تين پايوں والا giá ba chân


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But instead of a milking stool imagine it a great body of machinery on a tripod stand.
How could one look at Ahab then, seated on that tripod of bones, without bethinking him of the royalty it symbolized?
Gringoire, who liked noble and classical comparisons, compared him in thought to the living tripod of Vulcan.
 
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