Tripod

A tripod is a portable three-legged frame or stand, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object.First attested in English in the early 17th century, the word tripod comes via Latin tripodis (GEN of tripus),[1][2] which is the romanization of Greek τρίπους (tripous), "three-footed" (GEN τρίποδος, tripodos),[3] ultimately from τρι- (tri-), "three times"[4] (from τρία, tria, "three")[5] + πούς (pous), "foot".[6] The earliest attested form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek 𐀴𐀪𐀠, ti-ri-po, written in Linear B syllabic script.[7] Many cultures, including the ancient peoples of China and Greece, used tripods as ornaments, trophies, sacrificial altars, cooking vessels or cauldrons, and decorative ceramic pottery.Tripod pottery have been part of the archaeological assemblage in China since the earliest Neolithic cultures of Cishan and Peiligang in the 7th and 8th millennia BC.
A ding (Chinese ceremonial cauldron) from the late Shang dynasty .
Seabees train with the M240B mounted on the M122 tripod .
A photographic tripod
Laboratory tripod
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