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tri·an·gu·late

 (trī-ăng′gyə-lāt′)
v. tri·an·gu·lat·ed, tri·an·gu·lat·ing, tri·an·gu·lates
v.tr.
1. To divide into triangles.
2. To survey by triangulation.
3. To make triangular.
4. To measure by using trigonometry.
v.intr.
1. To employ geometric or surveying triangulation.
2. To try to establish a new political position by triangulation.
adj. (trī-ăng′gyə-lĭt)
1. Of or relating to triangles; triangular.
2. Made up of or marked with triangles.

tri·an′gu·la′tor n.
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triangulate

vb (tr)
1. (Surveying)
a. to survey by the method of triangulation
b. to calculate trigonometrically
2. to divide into triangles
3. to make triangular
adj
(Mathematics) marked with or composed of triangles
triˈangulately adv
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tri•an•gu•late

(adj. traɪˈæŋ gyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt; v. -ˌleɪt)

adj., v. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. adj.
1. composed of or marked with triangles.
v.t.
2. to make triangular.
3. to divide into triangles.
4. to survey (an area) by triangulation.
[1600–10; < Medieval Latin triangulātus, past participle of triangulāre to make triangles. See triangle, -ate1]
tri•an′gu•la`tor, n.
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triangulate


Past participle: triangulated
Gerund: triangulating

Imperative
triangulate
triangulate
Present
I triangulate
you triangulate
he/she/it triangulates
we triangulate
you triangulate
they triangulate
Preterite
I triangulated
you triangulated
he/she/it triangulated
we triangulated
you triangulated
they triangulated
Present Continuous
I am triangulating
you are triangulating
he/she/it is triangulating
we are triangulating
you are triangulating
they are triangulating
Present Perfect
I have triangulated
you have triangulated
he/she/it has triangulated
we have triangulated
you have triangulated
they have triangulated
Past Continuous
I was triangulating
you were triangulating
he/she/it was triangulating
we were triangulating
you were triangulating
they were triangulating
Past Perfect
I had triangulated
you had triangulated
he/she/it had triangulated
we had triangulated
you had triangulated
they had triangulated
Future
I will triangulate
you will triangulate
he/she/it will triangulate
we will triangulate
you will triangulate
they will triangulate
Future Perfect
I will have triangulated
you will have triangulated
he/she/it will have triangulated
we will have triangulated
you will have triangulated
they will have triangulated
Future Continuous
I will be triangulating
you will be triangulating
he/she/it will be triangulating
we will be triangulating
you will be triangulating
they will be triangulating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been triangulating
you have been triangulating
he/she/it has been triangulating
we have been triangulating
you have been triangulating
they have been triangulating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been triangulating
you will have been triangulating
he/she/it will have been triangulating
we will have been triangulating
you will have been triangulating
they will have been triangulating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been triangulating
you had been triangulating
he/she/it had been triangulating
we had been triangulating
you had been triangulating
they had been triangulating
Conditional
I would triangulate
you would triangulate
he/she/it would triangulate
we would triangulate
you would triangulate
they would triangulate
Past Conditional
I would have triangulated
you would have triangulated
he/she/it would have triangulated
we would have triangulated
you would have triangulated
they would have triangulated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.triangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form totriangulate - divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"
carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate - separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
2.triangulate - measure by using trigonometrytriangulate - measure by using trigonometry; "triangulate the angle"
measure, measure out, mensurate - determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall"
3.triangulate - survey by triangulationtriangulate - survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot"
survey - plot a map of (land)
Adj.1.triangulate - composed of or marked with trianglestriangulate - composed of or marked with triangles
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Translations
triangulieren

triangulate

[traɪˈæŋgjʊleɪt] VTtriangular
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triangulate

adj (Math) → triangulär (form)
vtin Dreiecke einteilen; (Surv) → triangulieren
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"The tweets themselves will not be ent-irely accurate but it will allow analysts to triangulate that information and come up with a more accurate picture of what is really happening," said E J Hogendoorn of the International Crisis Group think tank.