triangulate
pronunciation
How to pronounce triangulate in British English:
UK [traɪ'æŋgjʊlɪt]
How to pronounce triangulate in American English:
US [traɪ'æŋgjə'lɪt]
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- Verb:
- divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- measure by using trigonometry
- survey by triangulation
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- Adjective:
- composed of or marked with triangles
Word Origin
- triangulate (v.)
- 1833, originally in surveying, from Latin triangulum "a triangle" (see triangle) + -ate (2). Related: Triangulated; triangulating. Figurative use by 1860.
Example
- 1. I don 't even know what triangulate means !
- 2. Can you triangulate our position ?
- 3. We can get phone security to triangulate your signal .
- 4. You could triangulate her position ?
- 5. Can you triangulate her position ?