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TRIPOD

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, generally jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or another 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 Vocabulary
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