tripodaladj.
/ˈtrɪpədəl/ Of the form of, or pertaining to, a tripod; three-footed, three-legged (in quot. 1843, performed on three legs, i.e. with a staff to support one's steps: cf. Greek τρίποδας ὁδούς, Æsch. Agam. 80); Anatomy having three rays or processes, as a bone.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > having specific number of legs
three-footedc1000
three-foot1600
three-leggeda1616
tripodical1656
tripedal1658
tripod1720
tripodal1774
tripodial1845
quadrupedal1864–5
1774 T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 10 The tripodal copper vessel.
1843 G. Wilson Let. in Life (1860) vii. 306 Yesterday I made a tripodal journey round the garden.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 23 This is a three-pronged or tripodal bone.
Derivatives
tripodial adj. /trɪˈpəʊdɪəl/
/trɪˈpəʊdɪəl/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > having specific number of legs
three-footedc1000
three-foot1600
three-leggeda1616
tripodical1656
tripedal1658
tripod1720
tripodal1774
tripodial1845
quadrupedal1864–5
1845 Birch in Classical Museum III. 418 Immediately before him is a tripodial vessel or caldron.
triˈpodian n. and adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [adjective] > lyre
tripodian1786
1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Tripodian, a stringed instrument, said to have been invented by Pythagoras the Zacynthian, which, on account of the difficulty of its performance, continued in use but for a short time. It resembled in form the Delphic Tripod, whence it had its name.
1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 252/2 The tripodian lyre of Pythagoras.
tripodic adj. /traɪˈpɒdɪk/ applied to a method of walking in some insects in which two legs on one side and one on the other move together.
/traɪˈpɒdɪk/ applied to a method of walking in some insects in which two legs on one side and one on the other move together.ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [adjective] > method of walking
tripodic1891
1891 H. H. Dixon in Nature 8 Jan. 223/2 I have observed this ‘tripodic’ walk in earwigs, water scorpions, aphides, and some beetles.
triˈpodical adj. figurative (in quot. 1661, authoritative: cf. tripod n. 2).
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the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > having specific number of legs
three-footedc1000
three-foot1600
three-leggeda1616
tripodical1656
tripedal1658
tripod1720
tripodal1774
tripodial1845
quadrupedal1864–5
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [adjective] > authoritative
tripodical1656
satisfactory1768
safe1795
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tripodical, that hath three feet, three footed.
1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 249 Judges..whose judgement in points of Law shold be onely tripodicall and sterling.
1850 Ecclesiologist 10 179 A sort of tripodical shallow vessel.
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