Triangulate

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  • intransitive verb. To divide into triangles.
  • intransitive verb. To survey by triangulation.
  • intransitive verb. To make triangular.
  • intransitive verb. To measure by using trigonometry.
  • intransitive verb. To employ geometric or surveying triangulation.
  • intransitive verb. To try to establish a new political position by triangulation.
  • adjective. Of or relating to triangles; triangular.
  • adjective. Made up of or marked with triangles.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make three-cornered or triangular.
  • In surveying, to divide into triangles; survey by dividing into triangles of which the sides and angles are measured.
  • To determine or observe trigonometrically; study by means of triangulation: as, to triangulate the height of a mountain.
  • In zoology, composed of or marked with triangles.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.
  • transitive verb. To make triangular, or three-cornered.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to locate by means of triangulation
  • verb. to pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both ends against the middle"
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
  • verb. measure by using trigonometry
  • verb. survey by triangulation
  • adjective. composed of or marked with triangles
  • Word Usage
    "To triangulate or not to triangulate, that is the White House's question, report Laura Meckler and Peter Wallsten: Strategists in both parties see two options for President Barack Obama."
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