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noun

Tripod n.

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.

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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Etymology of 'Tripod'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tripod" Quotes from Famous Books

... tripod seated nigh, In form a shoe-boy, daubs the valued fruit, And darting lightnings from his vengeful eye, Raves about Wilkes, and politics, ...

— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan

... after the abolition of the Imperial Government (1912), and what I say naturally refers to a state of things which is passing away. But it is too soon to say how the new regime will affect religion. There is an old saying that China is supported by the three religions as a tripod by three legs.] ...

— Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Charles Eliot

... learn your fortune, sir, You questioned every tripod, every rune; "You'll stand out above gods and men," at last Answered the god in truth-revealing voice. What arrogance you drew from this! You were Immediately lord of the universe. Now you ascend the cross. God was no cheat: The whole world lies spread out ...

— An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams • Pierre Nicole

... fingers arranged some charcoal, which he lighted quickly in some desert fashion inside a square of four bricks, over which he placed a brass tripod. ...

— Desert Love • Joan Conquest

... blue tripod table at which sat the three women could be plainly seen the vast Imperial Hall, flanked on one side by the great American Dragon Slide, a side-show loudly demonstrating progress, and on the other by the unique Joy Wheel side-show. At the doorway ...

— The Lion's Share • E. Arnold Bennett

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