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triangulated
Variant of triangulate
triangulate
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tri·angu·late (trī aŋ′gyə lāt′; for adj., -lit, -lāt′)
transitive verb triangulated -·lat′ed, triangulating -·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
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