triangulate
triangulate
Definition
tri·angu·late (trī aŋ′gyə lāt′; for adj., --lit, --lāt′)
transitive verb -·lat′ed, -·lat′·ing
- to divide into triangles
- to survey or map (a region) by triangulation
- to make triangular
Etymology: < ML triangulatus, pp. of *triangulare < L triangulum: see triangle
adjective
- of triangles; triangular
- 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.
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