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noun
A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
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noun
The network of triangles so obtained, that are the basis of a chart or map.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
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noun
A delaying move in which the king moves in a triangular path to force the advance of a pawn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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noun
A subdivision of a planar object into triangles, and by extension the subdivision of a higher-dimension geometric object into simplices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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noun
A process by which an unknown location is found using three known distances from known locations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: navigation
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, seismology
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noun
The practice of repositioning one's group or oneself on the political spectrum in an attempt to capture the centre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
The use of three (or more) researchers to interview the same people or to evaluate the same evidence to reduce the impact of individual bias.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: qualitative research
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noun
a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: surveying
noun
a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: trigonometry, trig
History
From Medieval Latin triangulātiō (“triangulation”), from triangulō (“to triangulate”) + -tiō (noun-forming suffix). Triangulō is derived from triangulus (“triangular; triangle”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“angle; corner”). By surface analysis, triangulate + ion; cognate with French triangulation.
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