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Tripod

Tripod is a word generally used to refer to a three-legged object, generally one used as a platform of some sort, and comes from the Greek

Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
tripous, meaning "three feet".

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Tripod is a word generally used to refer to a three-legged object, generally one used as a platform of some sort, and comes from the Greek

Greek language

sacrificial tripod
Sacrificial tripod

A sacrificial tripod was a type of altar used by the ancient Greeks. The most famous was the Delphic tripod, on which the Pythia took her seat to deliver the oracles of the deity....
, an ancient Greek altar
Tripod (astronomy), a three-leg device used to support a telescope
Telescope

A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects by the collection of electromagnetic radiation. The first known practically functioning telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century....
, binocular
Binocular

Binocular may refer to:* Binocular rivalry, a phenomenon of visual perception.* Binocular vision, vision in which both eyes are used together....
s, or other optical or recording instrument
Tripod (surveying), a device used to position, support, or stabilize an instrument such as a transit
Transit

Transit may refer to:...
, compass
Compass

A compass, magnetic compass or mariner's compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the earth's magnetic poles....
, or theodolite
Theodolite

A theodolite is an instrument for measuring both horizontal and vertical angles, as used in Triangulation. It is a key tool in surveying and engineering work, particularly on inaccessible ground, but theodolites have been adapted for other specialized purposes in fields like meteorology and rocket launch technology....
Tripod (photography)
Tripod (photography)

A tripod is a three-legged stand for an instrument, used for stabilisation and support.In astronomy, a tripod is a three legged stand used to support and stabilize a telescope, binoculars, or other optical or recording instrument....
, a device used to position, support, and stabilize a camera
Camera

A camera is a device that records images, either as a still photograph or as moving images known as videos or movies. The term comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism of projecting images where an entire room functioned as a real-time imaging system; the modern camera evolved from the camera obscura....
Tripod (The War of the Worlds)
Tripod (The War of the Worlds)

Tripods or fighting-machines are a type of fictional three-legged walker from the H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, used by Martian to invade Earth....
, a fictional vehicle
The Tripods
The Tripods

The Tripods is a series of novels written by Samuel Youd beginning in the late 1960s. The first two were the basis of a science fiction on television, produced in the United Kingdom in the 1980s ....
, a series of science-fiction novels by English author John Christopher, and a UK TV series based upon the books
Tripod.com
Tripod.com

Tripod.com is a web hosting service now owned by Lycos. Originally a company aimed at offering services to college students and young adults, it was one of several sites trying to build Virtual community during the dot-com bubble....
, a webhosting service
M2 tripod
M2 Tripod

The M2 Tripod is a U.S. machine gun tripod originally used with the M1919 Browning machine gun infantry machine gun. Since then, it has seen several redesigns, but remained largely the same....
, a machine gun tripod
The tripod fish
Tripod fish

The tripod fish, Bathypterois grallator, is a Bathypelagic zone fish named for the long extensions of its pelvic fin and lower caudal fins, on which it stands on the sea floor....
, Bathypterois grallator, deep sea fish named for the long extensions of its pelvic and lower caudal fins, on which it stands on the sea floor.
A portable crane (machine)
Crane (machine)

A crane is a lifting machine equipped with a winder , wire ropes or chains and Sheave that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally....
Visual Basic
Visual Basic

'Visual Basic' is the third-generation programming language event-driven programming and integrated integrated development environment from Microsoft for its Component Object Model programming model....
, whose forerunner was called tripod
A nickname for Alice in Chains (album)
Alice in Chains (album)

Alice in Chains is the self-titled third studio album by the American Grunge music band Alice in Chains. Released in 1995, it was the follow-up to the highly successful Dirt ....
, the final studio album by Alice in Chains
The "triPods", a parody of both the iPod and the War of the Worlds from Scary Movie 4
Scary Movie 4

Scary Movie 4 is the fourth and last film of the Scary Movie franchise and is film director by David Zucker, screenwriter by Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin and Pat Proft, and film producer by Craig Mazin and Robert K....
Tripod (band)
Tripod (band)

Tripod is an Australian musical comedy act, specialising in improvisational comedy, parody and satire. As its name suggests, the band is a trio; it comprises Scod , Yon and Gatesy ....
, a musical comedy act.
TriPod the band
TriPod the band

TriPod is a rock trio with no guitars or keyboards.TriPod uses non-traditional instruments in the melodic line . The band has been variously classified as Jazz fusion, Jazz, Canterbury scene, World Music, Progressive rock, Alternative rock, Rock in Opposition, and Avant-garde music, yet TriPod proclaims itself a rock band....
, a rock band with no guitars or keyboards

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