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triangulate
[ adjective trahy-ang-gyuh-lit, -leyt; verb trahy-ang-gyuh-leyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to make triangular.
- to divide into triangles.
- to survey (an area) by triangulation.
triangulate
verb
- to survey by the method of triangulation
- to calculate trigonometrically
- to divide into triangles
- to make triangular
adjective
- marked with or composed of triangles
Derived Forms
- triˈangulately, adverb
Other Words From
- tri·angu·lator noun
- subtri·angu·late adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of triangulate1
Example Sentences
Just measure the exact arrival time of a seismic wave at three or more locations, and you can triangulate the source.
Throughout the 1850s, Douglas triangulated between his Northern constituents and his Southern colleagues.
She’s also laid out a precise conjecture that predicts how many tiles are needed to triangulate any amplituhedron.
That means the cells of the positive Grassmannian can serve as the tiles needed to triangulate the amplituhedron.
That said, the company seemed to have triangulated my potential size and gave me a couple of options to try.
“I need [my team] to triangulate as many sources as possible and we then accept the most credible,” Francesco Motta said.
“There is no desire to triangulate or distance ourselves from Democrats,” a senior administration official said.
“Obama May Have to Triangulate Like Clinton If His Party Loses U.S. House,” announced a headline last week on Bloomberg.com.
As before of a line was made a lineate: so here in like manner of a triangle is made a triangulate.
Such is the Adscription of a triangle: The adscription of an ordinate triangulate is now to be taught.
If I had a transit, I could calculate the depth at any point where the water shows––triangulate with a vertical angle.
“You could triangulate at the first place where the bottom can be seen, beyond here,” suggested Genevieve.
And thus much of the geodesy of right lines, by the meanes of rectangled triangles: It followeth now of the triangulate.
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