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Camera Tripod

A tripod is any three-legged structure.

• For a seat or table with three legs, see Furniture.
• For a device used to position, support, and stabilize a optical device, such as
  • a camera, see Photography;
  • a telescope (or binoculars), see Telescope.
• In the context of boiling water or cooking in a cauldron over an open fire,
  • a stand for holding the cauldron;
  • an assembly combining both cauldron and stand in one piece.
  • For an ancient Greek altar of this design, also used as a seat from which to deliver the oracles of the god, see sacrificial tripod.
• For the alien-built walking machines in the John Christopher science-fiction novels, see The Tripods.

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