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triangulate

[ adjective trahy-ang-gyuh-lit, -leyt; verb trahy-ang-gyuh-leyt ]

adjective

  1. composed of or marked with triangles.


verb (used with object)

triangulated, triangulating.
  1. to make triangular.
  2. to divide into triangles.
  3. to survey (an area) by triangulation.

triangulate

verb

    1. to survey by the method of triangulation
    2. to calculate trigonometrically
  1. to divide into triangles
  2. to make triangular
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. marked with or composed of triangles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٰˈԲܱٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰ·g·tǰ noun
  • ܲt·g·ٱ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of triangulate1

1600–10; < Medieval Latin ٰԲܱٳܲ, past participle of ٰԲܱ to make triangles. See triangle, -ate 1
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Example Sentences

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We had a shared best friend — we were always triangulating.

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How does one “reasonably accommodate”, “triangulate with”, “find consensus”, or “try to understand” and “empathize” with people who support autocracy, authoritarianism, and/or fascism?

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This is why I always try to triangulate where I live, work and where my daughter goes to school, so I don’t have to be involved in too much traffic.

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The researchers propose that spiders may triangulate the insects’ distance and direction using hairlike structures on their legs called trichobothria that pick up minute fluctuations in sound and air currents.

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And I never truly expected her to racially triangulate herself on our podcast.

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