triangulated

Variant of triangulate

triangulate definition

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

transitive verb triangulated -·lat′ed, triangulating -·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

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