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- 1. divide (an area) into triangles for surveying purposes.
- 2. form into a triangle or triangles: "the brackets triangulate the frame"
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TRIANGULATE definition: 1. to divide an area into triangles in order to measure it or draw a map of it 2. to calculate…. Learn more.
Definition of 'triangulate' Word Frequency. triangulate in British English. verb (traɪˈæŋɡjʊˌleɪt ) (transitive) 1. a. to survey by the method of triangulation. b. to calculate trigonometrically. 2. to divide into triangles. 3. to make triangular. adjective (traɪˈæŋɡjʊlɪt , -ˌleɪt ) 4. marked with or composed of triangles.
Triangulate definition: composed of or marked with triangles. . See examples of TRIANGULATE used in a sentence.
tri·an·gu·late. (trī-ăng′gyə-lāt′) v. tri·an·gu·lat·ed, tri·an·gu·lat·ing, tri·an·gu·lates. v.tr. 1. To divide into triangles. 2. To survey by triangulation. 3. To make triangular. 4. To measure by using trigonometry. v.intr. 1. To employ geometric or surveying triangulation. 2. To try to establish a new political position by triangulation.
To triangulate is to divide into triangles or use triangles to measure something. Sometimes people triangulate to measure distance. When you use three points to measure something, you triangulate.
(traɪˈæŋgjəˌleɪt ; for adj., traɪˈæŋgjulɪt ; traɪˈæŋgjəlɪt ; traɪˈæŋgjuˌleɪt ; traɪˈæŋgjəˌleɪt ) verb transitive Word forms: triˈanguˌlated or triˈanguˌlating. 1. to divide into triangles. 2. to survey or map (a region) by triangulation. 3. to make triangular. adjective. 4. of triangles; triangular. 5. marked with triangles.
Jun 2, 2024 · triangulate (third-person singular simple present triangulates, present participle triangulating, simple past and past participle triangulated) to locate by means of triangulation. to pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both ends against the middle".
1. a. to survey by the method of triangulation. [...] b. to calculate trigonometrically. [...] 2. to divide into triangles. [...] 3. to make triangular. [...] 4. marked with or composed of triangles. [...] More. Conjugations of 'triangulate' present simple: I triangulate, you triangulate [...] past simple: I triangulated, you triangulated [...]
Triangulate definition: To survey by triangulation.
adj. composed of or marked with triangles. v.t. to make triangular. to divide into triangles. to survey (an area) by triangulation. Medieval Latin triangulātus, past participle of triangulāre to make triangles. See triangle, - ate1. 1600–10. tri•an ′gu•la′tor, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
