Tripod

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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 tripous, meaning "three feet". More specifically, it may mean:

Tripod (photography), a device used to position, support, and stabilize a camera. Similar devices are also used for small telescopes and large firearms such as machine guns and rocket launchers.
Tripod (The War of the Worlds), the Martian's weapon platform from H.G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds
A portable lifting device consisting of three poles erected like a teepee with a block and tackle hanging from the apex.
sacrificial tripod, an ancient Greek altar

Tripod may also mean:

Tripod (band), an Australian satire and parody musical act
A graphical user-interface design system that was the forerunner of Visual Basic
Another name for grunge rock group Alice in Chains' final album Alice in Chains (album)
A slang term for a man with an unusually large penis (as if the penis is a third leg); used famously in the Austin Powers movies to describe Mini-Me.
Tripod.com, a free webhosting service currently run by Lycos
The Tripods, the Samuel Youd (aka John Christopher) science-fiction novels, also made into a TV series.
M2 Tripod, the primary medium machine gun tripod of the U.S. military of the 20th century.

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