Tripod (disambiguation)
Appearance
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A tripod is a three-legged support device.
Tripod may also refer to:
Three-legged devices
- Tripod (photography), a three-legged stand used to stabilize and elevate photographic equipment
- Tripod (surveying), a three-legged stand used to support surveying instruments
- Tripod (laboratory), a three-legged platform used to support laboratory equipment
- Sacrificial tripod, a three-legged piece of religious furniture used for offerings
Animals
- Tripod fish, specifically:
- Ipnopidae, a family found worldwide in deep seas, including:
- Bathypterois grallator, the most famous species in the family
- Triacanthidae, a family from the Indo-Pacific
Arts, entertainment, and media
- TriPod (American band), a rock trio
- Tripod (band), an Australian musical comedy act
- Tripod (album), by Alice in Chains
- Tripod, a fictional alien vehicle in The War of the Worlds
- The Tripods (TV series)
- The Tripods, a novel series by John Christopher
- Tripod, a periodical published since 1981 by the Holy Spirit Study Centre in Hong Kong
Other uses
- Tripod (Neocatechumanate precept) (also known as the Neocatechumenal Way, Neocatechumenate, NCW or, colloquially, The Way), a charism within the Catholic Church
- Tripod Island, a small island in the Melchior Islands, Palmer Archipelago
- TRIPOD Statement (Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis), evidence-based guidelines for reporting clinical prediction models
- Tripod.com, a web hosting service
See also
- Triangle
- Tricorne or tricorn
- Triskelion or triskele