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2. Tripod position - Wikipedia

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   The tripod position is often seen in epiglottitis The tripod position may be adopted by people experiencing respiratory distress or who are simply out of breath.. The tripod position or orthopneic position is a physical stance often assumed by people experiencing respiratory distress (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or who are simply out of breath (such as a person who has just ...

3. Tripod - Wikipedia

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   A tripod is a portable three-legged frame or stand, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. The three-legged (triangular stance) design provides good stability against gravitational loads as well as horizontal shear forces, and better leverage for resisting tipping over due to lateral forces can be achieved by spreading the legs away ...

4. Tripod stance - Wikipedia

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   Macropods can stand erect on their hind legs, supported by their tail as the third leg of the tripod. [5] Macropods also engage in "pentapedal locomotion," an energy-inefficient gait used at slow speed, [6] in which "the tail is used, with the forelimbs, as the third leg of a tripod to support the animal while the large hind limbs are moved ...

5. Tripod (surveying) - Wikipedia

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   A surveyor's tripod with a shoulder strap. The head of the tripod supports the instrument while the feet are spiked to anchor the tripod to the ground. A surveyor's tripod is a device used to support any one of a number of surveying instruments, such as theodolites, total stations, levels or transits.

6. Block and tackle - Wikipedia

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   The mechanical advantage is 2, requiring a force of only 50 N to lift the load. A block and tackle is characterized by the use of a single continuous rope to transmit a tension force around one or more pulleys to lift or move a load. Its mechanical advantage is the number of parts of the rope that act on the load. The mechanical advantage of a ...

7. M192 Lightweight Ground Mount - Wikipedia

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   The M192 Lightweight Ground Mount is a tripod fielded by the United States armed forces. It was designed and developed by Capco, Incorporated under contract through Picatinny Arsenal to replace the M122 tripod. [1] The United States Army named the tripod one of 2005's top ten inventions. [1] It was designed for use with the M249, M240B, and M240L.