Triangulation Definition

trī-ănggyə-lāshən
noun
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.
Webster's New World
The triangles thus marked out.
Webster's New World
The location of an unknown point, as in navigation, by the formation of a triangle having the unknown point and two known points as the vertices.
American Heritage
The establishment of a political position that differs from two existing or opposing positions, especially in being moderate.
American Heritage

(countable) The network of triangles, so obtained, that are the basis of a map or chart.

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Singular:
triangulation
Plural:
triangulations

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