triangulate
composed of or marked with triangles.
to make triangular.
to divide into triangles.
to survey (an area) by triangulation.
Origin of triangulate
1Other words from triangulate
- tri·an·gu·la·tor, noun
- sub·tri·an·gu·late, adjective
Words Nearby triangulate
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How to use triangulate in a sentence
Just measure the exact arrival time of a seismic wave at three or more locations, and you can triangulate the source.
Rumbles on Mars Raise Hopes of Underground Magma Flows | Robin George Andrews | February 1, 2021 | Quanta MagazineThroughout the 1850s, Douglas triangulated between his Northern constituents and his Southern colleagues.
Mitch McConnell has repeated Stephen A. Douglas’s biggest mistake | Lauren Haumesser | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostShe’s also laid out a precise conjecture that predicts how many tiles are needed to triangulate any amplituhedron.
A Mathematician’s Unanticipated Journey Through the Physical World | Kevin Hartnett | December 16, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThat means the cells of the positive Grassmannian can serve as the tiles needed to triangulate the amplituhedron.
A Mathematician’s Unanticipated Journey Through the Physical World | Kevin Hartnett | December 16, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThat said, the company seemed to have triangulated my potential size and gave me a couple of options to try.
You can now return Apple’s Solo Loop for a new size, without sending back the Watch | Brian Heater | September 24, 2020 | TechCrunch
“I need [my team] to triangulate as many sources as possible and we then accept the most credible,” Francesco Motta said.
ISIS Fighters Are Killing Faster than Statisticians Can Count | Peter Schwartzstein | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“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.
The Way To Geometry | Peter RamusSuch is the Adscription of a triangle: The adscription of an ordinate triangulate is now to be taught.
The Way To Geometry | Peter RamusIf I had a transit, I could calculate the depth at any point where the water shows––triangulate with a vertical angle.
Out of the Depths | Robert Ames Bennet“You could triangulate at the first place where the bottom can be seen, beyond here,” suggested Genevieve.
Out of the Depths | Robert Ames BennetAnd thus much of the geodesy of right lines, by the meanes of rectangled triangles: It followeth now of the triangulate.
The Way To Geometry | Peter Ramus
British Dictionary definitions for triangulate
to survey by the method of triangulation
to calculate trigonometrically
to divide into triangles
to make triangular
marked with or composed of triangles
Derived forms of triangulate
- triangulately, adverb
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