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Definition of Tripod

1. Noun. A three-legged rack used for support.

Definition of Tripod

1. n. Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet.

Definition of Tripod

1. Noun. a three-legged stand or mount ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A man that has a large penis disproportionate to his short stature, especially a of a drawf ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tripod

1. a stand having three legs [n -S] : TRIPODAL, TRIPODIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Tripod

1. 1. Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc, supported on three feet. 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, the three organs, the heart, lungs, and brain; so called because their united action is necessary to the maintenance of life. Origin: L. Tripus, -odis, Gr.; (see Tri-) +, foot. See Foot, and cf. Tripos, Trivet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Tripod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"tripod Signal for Triangulation. — If the station is on a bare summit and the point is to be occupied frequently, as in the case of a primary or a secondary ..."

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"Л bronze altar, n.it. differing probably in its original form from the tall tripod caldron already described. In this form, but with additional ornament, ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"(3) A sacrificial tripod, or altar, the most famous of which was the Delphic tripod, on which the Pythian priestess look her seat to deliver the oracles of ..."

4. Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans: the Results of Researches and by Heinrich Schliemann (1881)
"1037 is a similar tripod-vase. No. 1038 is a red globular tripod for suspension; No. ... with cover: a similar red tripod is seen in No. 1042. No. ..."

5. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1913)
"tripod-Table with tray top, second quarter eighteenth century 212 744. ... Small tripod-Table, last half eighteenth century 220 757. ..."

6. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Yale University (1911)
"tripod with gracefully modeled supports representing the fish. Fish ware. ... tripod support, the only ornamentation being a single dorsal fin. Fish ware. ..."

7. A Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett Hooper Brough, Harry Dean (1920)
"Three-tripod System.—In this system tripods are set at each of the three ... The instrument is placed on the centre tripod and lamps or candles on the two ..."

8. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"tripod ; a symbolical instrument in ancient Greece, which is first met with in connexion with the worship of Bacchus. It was also connected with the ..."

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