n. 1 a three-legged stand for supporting a camera etc. 2 a stool, table, or utensil resting on three feet or legs. 3 Gk Antiq. a bronze altar at Delphi on which a priestess sat to utter oracles. tripodal adj.
[ L tripus tripodis f. Gk tripous (as TRI-, pous podos foot) ]