1
: a three-legged stand (as for a camera)
2
: a stool, table, or altar with three legs
3
: a vessel (such as a cauldron) resting on three legs
Examples of tripod in a Sentence
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Useful items include comfortable walking shoes, a rain poncho if viewing near a fall’s base, cloths to dry lenses and cameras, a tripod for longer camera or smartphone exposures and a headlamp or flashlight (red-light settings are preferable for not disrupting night vision).
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Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Pull the chicken legs forward to form a sort of tripod, so the bird stands upright.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Look in the mirror 3 California boys charged with assault after homeless man is beaten with poles and a tripod
Completing the Berryessa site is expected to cost around $7.5 million.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
In 1970, Crane set up her tripod just outside the entry of a office building in downtown Chicago, opening her shutter over and over as the building released one after another set of humans into the flow of the city sidewalk.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Off the coast of Mazatlan, Mexico, passengers were perched on loungers, reclining on beach towels and lining the railings of Deck 14 with cameras on tripods at the ready.
—USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The inner, telescoping portion that houses the lens elements and the tripod collar are metal, but the exterior housing is sturdy-but-light polycarbonate.
—PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
Professional photography equipment, detachable/interchangeable lenses, audio/video recording devices, tripods, monopods (selfie sticks), tablets, laptops, computers, promotional materials.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
At Luna Pier's Water Tower Park, James Winters of Ypsilanti was ready - a Nikon camera with a giant lens on a tripod, pointed skyward.
—Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Pull the chicken legs forward to form a sort of tripod, so the bird stands upright.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Look in the mirror 3 California boys charged with assault after homeless man is beaten with poles and a tripod
Completing the Berryessa site is expected to cost around $7.5 million.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
In 1970, Crane set up her tripod just outside the entry of a office building in downtown Chicago, opening her shutter over and over as the building released one after another set of humans into the flow of the city sidewalk.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Off the coast of Mazatlan, Mexico, passengers were perched on loungers, reclining on beach towels and lining the railings of Deck 14 with cameras on tripods at the ready.
—USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
The inner, telescoping portion that houses the lens elements and the tripod collar are metal, but the exterior housing is sturdy-but-light polycarbonate.
—PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
Professional photography equipment, detachable/interchangeable lenses, audio/video recording devices, tripods, monopods (selfie sticks), tablets, laptops, computers, promotional materials.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
At Luna Pier's Water Tower Park, James Winters of Ypsilanti was ready - a Nikon camera with a giant lens on a tripod, pointed skyward.
—Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Tripod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tripod. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
tripod
noun
tri·pod
ˈtrī-ˌpäd 
1
: something (as a container or stool) resting on three legs
2
: a three-legged stand (as for a camera)
Medical Definition
tripod
noun
tri·pod
ˈtrī-ˌpäd
: a bone having three processes
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