trigonometric
adjective
relating to or making use of trigonometry.
trigonometrical
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a word derived from
trigonometric.
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a word derived from
trigonometry.
trigonometrynounthe branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical triangles, and the calculations based on them.
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I left the track and climbed to the top of the Koeberg, the hill from which the big beacon—that farthest outpost of the trigonometrical survey on this side—springs like a startled finger.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
In 1784 the base-line of the first trigonometrical survey in England was laid down on the heath.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
Trigonomet′rically.—Trigonometrical survey, the survey of a country by triangulation and trigonometrical calculation upon a single base.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The so-called "luminous clouds" seen at night during the same period, and which were probably these same dust particles still illumined by the sun, were found by trigonometrical measurements to have about the same altitude.
From Sounding the Ocean of Air by A. Lawrence Rotch
Ryecroft sits with eyes turned towards the cliff, taking in its façade from base to summit, as though engaged in a geological study, or trigonometrical calculation.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
