Tripod — Tri pod, n. [L. tripus, odis, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri }) + ?, ?, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Tripos}, {Trivet}.] 1. Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet. [1913 Webster] Note: On such, a stool, in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Life Like — Products LLC (now Life Like Toy and Hobby division of Wm. K. Walthers) is a manufacturer of model railroad products and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in the 1950s by a company that pioneered extruded foam ice chests under the… … Wikipedia
Tripod fish — Taxobox name = Tripod fish regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Aulopiformes familia = Ipnopidae genus = Bathypterois species = B. grallator binomial = Bathypterois grallator binomial authority = (Goode Bean, 1886)… … Wikipedia
Tripod (The War of the Worlds) — Martian tripod illustration drawn by Henrique Alvim Corréa for a 1906 edition of the novel. Tripods or fighting machines are a type of fictional three legged walker from the H. G. Wells classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, used by … Wikipedia
Tripod (photography) — A camera mounted on a tripod. In photography, a tripod is used to stabilize and elevate a camera, or to support flashes or other photographic equipment. All photographic tripods have three legs and a mounting head to couple with a camera. The… … Wikipedia
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Life expectancy — This article is about the measure of remaining life. For the Dean Koontz novel, see Life Expectancy (novel). For List of countries by life expectancy, see List of countries by life expectancy. Life expectancy is the expected (in the statistical… … Wikipedia
Vital tripod — Tripod Tri pod, n. [L. tripus, odis, Gr. ?; ? (see {Tri }) + ?, ?, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Tripos}, {Trivet}.] 1. Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet. [1913 Webster] Note: On such, a stool,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tripod — 1. Three legged. 2. A stand having three legs or supports. [G. tripous, fr. tri + pous, foot] Haller t. SYN: celiac (arterial) trunk. vital t. the brain, the heart, and the lungs, regarded as the three organs essential to life. * * * … Medical dictionary
Vital tripod — Vital Vi tal, a. [F., fr. L. vitalis, fr. vita life; akin to vivere to live. See {Vivid}.] 1. Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions. [1913 Webster] 2. Contributing to life;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
