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triangulate Definition

tri·angu·late (trī aŋ′gyə lāt′; for adj., --lit, --lāt′)

transitive verb -·lat′ed, -·lat′·ing

  1. to divide into triangles
  2. to survey or map (a region) by triangulation
  3. to make triangular

Etymology: < ML triangulatus, pp. of *triangulare < L triangulum: see triangle

adjective

  1. of triangles; triangular
  2. marked with triangles

triangulate Usage Examples

Object

  • finding: I will also be looking for ways to triangulate the findings.
  • frame: The 1920s machines had fuel tanks entirely within the triangulated frame... .
  • surface: The initial triangulated surface can be any shape or size allowing the re-application of a segmented surface to a new dataset.
  • datum: These views will help to triangulate the other data.
  • position: From this it is possible to triangulate the position of the receiver.
  • network: The elevation model is a triangulated irregular network based on the detailed digitisation of contour lines.

Infinitive complement

  • produce: These findings from different sources can then be triangulated to produce stronger evidence than that produced by any single method.

Modifies a noun

  • procedure: The TRIANGULATE procedure constructs a Delaunay triangulation of a planar set of points.

Modifying Another Word

  • then: Multiple bearings are then triangulated to obtain an estimate of the speaker's position.
  • densely: Now a densely triangulated mean shape may be generated.