Tripod
A tripod refers to any three-legged structure.
- For a seat or table with three legs, see Furniture.
- For a device used to position, support, and stabilize a optical device, such as
- a camera, see Photography;
- a telescope (or binoculars), see Telescope,
- a theodolite
- a leveling instrument.
- In the context of boiling water or cooking in a cauldron over an open fire, it is also called trivet and is
- a stand for holding the cauldron;
- an assembly combining both cauldron and stand in one piece.
- For an ancient Greek altar of this design, also used as a seat from which to deliver the oracles of the god, see sacrificial tripod.
- For an ancient Chinese ding.
- For the alien-built walking machines in the John Christopher science-fiction novels, see The Tripods.
Tripod was a graphical user-interface design system which was the fore-runner of Visual Basic.
In addition, Tripod is a free webhosting service currently run by Lycos.
Tripod is the name of an Australian satire and parody musical act.
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