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triangulation
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tri·angu·la·tion (trī aŋ′gyə lā′s̸hən)
noun
- Surveying, Navigation the process of determining the distance between points on the earth's surface, or the relative positions of points, by dividing up a large area into a series of connected triangles, measuring a base line between two points, and then locating a third point by computing both the size of the angles made by lines from this point to each end of the base line and the lengths of these lines
- the triangles thus marked out
Etymology: ML triangulatio
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