Word
Triangulation
How many syllables?
5 Syllables
How it's divided?
tri-an-gu-la-tion
Definition
- n. - The series or network of triangles into which the
face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a
trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements
necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be
surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and
distances of the several points connected by them.
- noun - A method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated
- noun - A trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation
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