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Definition of tripod in English: tripodnoun ˈtrʌɪpɒdˈtraɪpɑd 1A three-legged stand for supporting a camera or other apparatus. Example sentencesExamples - The technique works best if you keep the camera mounted on a tripod so each successive exposure is level with the others.
- If the buildings are artistically lit, night shots can produce dramatic results, but bring a tripod to keep the camera steady during long exposures.
- Picture the first 19 th-century photographers, perched behind unwieldy wooden cameras atop tripods, their subjects sitting stiffly without motion.
- Use a tripod to steady the camera, and make long exposures so you can use small apertures for maximum depth of field.
- I almost never leave the camera on the tripod while I walk from one location to another due to fear of having the camera fall off.
- For the night shots, have your camera on a tripod.
- So, I headed back to the house for my tripod, camera and zoom lens.
- Chad gently set the camera atop the tripod and hooked the wires up one at a time, carefully connecting the correct colors together.
- Apart from different photographic equipment like cameras, tripods and camera bags, a select range of photographs too is on exhibit.
- The bottom piece was essential if I wanted to be able to use the camera with a tripod.
- We passed a sidewalk photographer using a big black box camera on a tripod, his head covered with a black curtain.
- He pauses at a boundary, then sets up his old-fashioned camera on its tripod, focuses and sets the exposure, and then waits.
- His laptop glows in front of him, dimly lighting a video camera perched atop its tripod.
- A camera on tripod stood ready to document the reconstructed scene.
- Another great visual effect is to put the camera on the tripod and use a zoom lens.
- Please bring your cameras, tripods, flash guns and some items that reflect the seasonality of the theme for what promises to be an interesting evening's photography.
- If you can, use a tripod or other camera support to achieve sharpness, pack filters for a gloomy day and experiment.
- You must have the head of the tripod loose enough so that you can follow the tracer through your viewfinder, but not so loose that the camera has no support from the tripod head.
- If you can turn the flash off, do so and put the camera on the tripod.
- Then they assembled their picture-taking equipment, a digital camera and a tripod (so that there would be no shaky hand-held shots).
Synonyms stand, base, holder, support, stay, prop, brace, rack, hook, frame, shelf, bracket, trestle, plinth, pedestal, foundation, bed, foot, substructure 2archaic A stool, table, or cauldron resting on three legs. Example sentencesExamples - A wax tablet lay open on the tripod table next to the mirror.
- Attributions are based largely on four documented sets of Chippendale style chairs and a tripod table.
- High tripod side tables are appropriate next to the sofa or love seat for country home decor.
- The hall is lit by numerous great torch torches, towering over the tables on tripods.
- He calls to the lords and asks them to add a tripod and a cauldron each to Odysseus' treasures.
- 2.1historical The bronze altar at Delphi on which a priestess sat to utter oracles.
Example sentencesExamples - After the victory over the Persians in 479 B. C. the Greeks offered this tripod at the oracle of Delphi, from where it was brought to Byzantium.
- The Pythia were priestesses of Apollo who would sit in a tripod or throne over a crevice in the earth.
- The legend of Heracles is also present at Delphi, when the great hero stole the "Tripod of the Oracle".
Derivatives adjective ˈtrɪpəd(ə)l The scapulocoracoid is still tripodal, but it is massive and the large foramina present in Eusthenopteron are almost closed. Example sentencesExamples - This is one of three legs of the tripodal scapulocoracoid.
- The tetrapodomorph scapulocoracoid is typically a relatively slight, tripodal structure on the inner surface of the cleithrum.
Origin Early 17th century: via Latin from Greek tripod-, tripous, from tri- 'three' + pod-, pous 'foot'. Definition of tripod in US English: tripodnounˈtrīpädˈtraɪpɑd 1A three-legged stand for supporting a camera or other apparatus. Example sentencesExamples - Apart from different photographic equipment like cameras, tripods and camera bags, a select range of photographs too is on exhibit.
- Please bring your cameras, tripods, flash guns and some items that reflect the seasonality of the theme for what promises to be an interesting evening's photography.
- A camera on tripod stood ready to document the reconstructed scene.
- Chad gently set the camera atop the tripod and hooked the wires up one at a time, carefully connecting the correct colors together.
- Use a tripod to steady the camera, and make long exposures so you can use small apertures for maximum depth of field.
- I almost never leave the camera on the tripod while I walk from one location to another due to fear of having the camera fall off.
- Picture the first 19 th-century photographers, perched behind unwieldy wooden cameras atop tripods, their subjects sitting stiffly without motion.
- We passed a sidewalk photographer using a big black box camera on a tripod, his head covered with a black curtain.
- If you can turn the flash off, do so and put the camera on the tripod.
- He pauses at a boundary, then sets up his old-fashioned camera on its tripod, focuses and sets the exposure, and then waits.
- The bottom piece was essential if I wanted to be able to use the camera with a tripod.
- Then they assembled their picture-taking equipment, a digital camera and a tripod (so that there would be no shaky hand-held shots).
- The technique works best if you keep the camera mounted on a tripod so each successive exposure is level with the others.
- If the buildings are artistically lit, night shots can produce dramatic results, but bring a tripod to keep the camera steady during long exposures.
- His laptop glows in front of him, dimly lighting a video camera perched atop its tripod.
- For the night shots, have your camera on a tripod.
- You must have the head of the tripod loose enough so that you can follow the tracer through your viewfinder, but not so loose that the camera has no support from the tripod head.
- So, I headed back to the house for my tripod, camera and zoom lens.
- If you can, use a tripod or other camera support to achieve sharpness, pack filters for a gloomy day and experiment.
- Another great visual effect is to put the camera on the tripod and use a zoom lens.
Synonyms stand, base, holder, support, stay, prop, brace, rack, hook, frame, shelf, bracket, trestle, plinth, pedestal, foundation, bed, foot, substructure 2archaic A stool, table, or cauldron resting on three legs. Example sentencesExamples - The hall is lit by numerous great torch torches, towering over the tables on tripods.
- He calls to the lords and asks them to add a tripod and a cauldron each to Odysseus' treasures.
- A wax tablet lay open on the tripod table next to the mirror.
- High tripod side tables are appropriate next to the sofa or love seat for country home decor.
- Attributions are based largely on four documented sets of Chippendale style chairs and a tripod table.
- 2.1historical The bronze altar at Delphi on which a priestess sat to utter oracles.
Example sentencesExamples - The Pythia were priestesses of Apollo who would sit in a tripod or throne over a crevice in the earth.
- After the victory over the Persians in 479 B. C. the Greeks offered this tripod at the oracle of Delphi, from where it was brought to Byzantium.
- The legend of Heracles is also present at Delphi, when the great hero stole the "Tripod of the Oracle".
Origin Early 17th century: via Latin from Greek tripod-, tripous, from tri- ‘three’ + pod-, pous ‘foot’. |