Definition of Triangulation. Meaning of Triangulation. Synonyms of Triangulation

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Definition of Triangulation

Triangulation
Triangulation Tri*an`gu*la"tion, n. [Cf. F. triangulation.] (Surv.) 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.

Meaning of Triangulation from wikipedia

- In trigonometry and geometry, triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by forming triangles to the point from known points...
- Look up triangulation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by forming triangles to...
- In com****tional geometry, a Delaunay triangulation or Delone triangulation of a set of points in the plane subdivides their convex hull into triangles...
- In surveying, triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring only angles to it from known points at either end of a...
- In com****tional geometry, polygon triangulation is the partition of a polygonal area (simple polygon) P into a set of triangles, i.e., finding a set...
- Triangulation is a term in psychology most closely ****ociated with the work of Murray Bowen known as family therapy. Bowen theorized that a two-person...
- A triangulation station, also known as a trigonometrical point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying...
- In the social sciences, triangulation refers to the application and combination of several research methods in the study of the same phenomenon. By combining...
- In politics, triangulation is a strategy ****ociated with U.S. President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. The politician presents a position as being above or...
- Stellar triangulation is a method of geodesy and of its subdiscipline space geodesy used to measure Earth's geometric shape. Stars were first used for...