tripod : Idioms & Phrases


camera tripod

  • noun a tripod used to support a camera
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Tripod of life, ∨ Vital tripod

  • (Physiol.), the three organs, the heart, lungs, and brain; so called because their united action is necessary to the maintenance of life.
Webster 1913

Vital tripod

  • . (Physiol.) See under Tripod.
Webster 1913