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triangulate
[ adjective trahy-ang-gyuh-lit, -leyt; verb trahy-ang-gyuh-leyt ]
/ adjective traɪˈæŋ gyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt; verb traɪˈæŋ gyəˌleɪt /
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verb (used with object), tri·an·gu·lat·ed, tri·an·gu·lat·ing.
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Origin of triangulate
1600–10; <Medieval Latin
triangulātus, past participle of
triangulāre to make triangles. See
triangle,
-ate1OTHER WORDS FROM triangulate
tri·an·gu·la·tor, nounsub·tri·an·gu·late, adjectiveWords nearby triangulate
triangular bandage,
triangular bone,
triangular matrix,
triangular muscle,
triangular trade,
triangulate,
triangulation,
triangulation station,
Triangulum,
Triangulum Australe,
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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.
Throughout the 1850s, Douglas triangulated between his Northern constituents and his Southern colleagues.
That means the cells of the positive Grassmannian can serve as the tiles needed to triangulate the amplituhedron.
She’s also laid out a precise conjecture that predicts how many tiles are needed to triangulate any 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.
British Dictionary definitions for triangulate
verb (traɪˈæŋɡjʊˌleɪt) (tr)
- to survey by the method of triangulation
- to calculate trigonometrically
to divide into triangles
to make triangular
adjective (traɪˈæŋɡjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt)
marked with or composed of triangles
Derived forms of triangulate
triangulately, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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