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tri·an·gu·la·tion
 triangulation
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- pronunciation:
- traI
aeng
gy
leI
shn
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a system used by navigators and surveyors to calculate the distance between two points, or the relative position of points on a plane, in which each known point is made the vertex of a triangle and each triangle is given a base line of known length.
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| definition 2: |
the triangles thus measured.
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