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[Gr. triplous threefold, and ops = the eye.] Optics & Pathol.: An affection of the eye which causes objects to be seen triple. It is much rarer than diplopy (q. v.), and the third image is exceedingly faint. (Ganot.) trip-lý, adv. [Eng. trip ( le ), a.; -ly.] In a triple manner or degree; trebly. triply-ribbed, a. [TRIPLE-RIBBED.] tri-pod, *tri-pode, s . & a . [Latin trip us (gen it. tripod is ), from Gr. tripous (gen it. tripodos ) three footed, a tripod, from tri- = three, and pous (gen it, podos) =a foot; Sp. & Ital. tripode .] A. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. A three-legged seat or table. 2. A pot or caldron used for boiling meat, and either raised upon a three-legged frame or stand, or made with three feet in the same piece with itself. 3. A three-legged support for a table, chair, surveyor's compa , candelabrum, brazier, or other object. II. Cla . Antiquity : A bronze altar, having three legs or feet, and frequently also three rings at the top to serve as handles. A tripod was one of the attributes of Apollo, and originated in the custom of seating the pythone , or prophesying prieste , in a triple-footed seat, over the vapor which ascended from a mystic cavern at Delphi, and which was believed to have the power of producing sacred inspiration, and the ability of foretelling future events. Highly ornamented tripods of similar form, made of precious metals, were given as prizes at the Pythian and Nemean games and elsewhere, and were frequently placed by grateful worshipers as votive offerings in the temples of different gods. Tripod. a. Caldron of thin bronze, supposed to increase the force of the prophetic sounds which came from the earth; b . Flat slab on which the prieste sat. IMG:content-1466.png:[blocks in formation] Tripod of life : Physiol.: The term used by Bichat for the brain, heart, and lungs.