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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary tri·pod
\\ˈtrī-ˌpäd\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin tripod-, tripus, from Greek tripod-, tripous, from tripod-, tripous, adjective, three-footed, from tri- + pod-, pous foot — more at foot DATE 15th century 1. a vessel (as a cauldron) resting on three legs2. a stool, table, or altar with three legs3. a three-legged stand (as for a camera)
• tripod or tri·po·dal \\ˈtri-pə-d əl, ˈtrī-ˌpä-\\ adjective tripod
c.1600, "three-legged vessel," from L. tripus (gen. tripodis), from Gk. tripous (gen. tripodos) "a three-legged stool or table," lit. "three-footed," from tri- "three" + pous (gen. podos) "foot" (see foot). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 tripodtri·pod / 5traipCd; NAmE -pB:d / noun a support with three legs for a camera, telescope , etc. (照相机、望远镜等的)三脚架 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged tri·podI. \ˈtrīˌpäd\ noun
( -s) Etymology: Latin tripod-, tripus, from Greek tripod-, tripous three-footed, from tri- three + pod-, pous foot — more at tri- , foot 1.
a. : a vessel (as a pot or caldron) resting on three legs or feet
b.
(1) : the seat of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi in ancient Greece when delivering oracles
< a tone … less reminiscent of the priestess on the tripod — B.N.Cardozo >
(2) : an oracular seat held to resemble the one at ancient Delphi
< after the inauguration … the editor returned to his tripod — Arthur Krock >2. : a structure or piece of apparatus (as a stool, table, or altar) supported on three legs 3.
a. : a three-legged support; especially : a three-legged stand used to support a portable instrument (as a camera) and usually consisting of a small table or head jointed to each of the three legs which are often telescopic
b. : a frame set in a field on which hay is piled for curing 4.
a. : a tripodal bone
b. : a sponge spicule having three equal rays II. adjective: having or supported on three feet or legs
< a tripod vase >
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