triangulation

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Antonyms

fact evidence knowledge matter basis reality
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Hypernyms

surveying

Related terms

triangle triangular triangulate

Phrases with the word

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Examples

You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time. Ken Burns

All faces (including the outer one) are then bounded by three edges, explaining the alternative term plane triangulation. Source: Internet

Applications The Euclidean minimum spanning tree of a set of points is a subset of the Delaunay triangulation of the same points, and this can be exploited to compute it efficiently. Source: Internet

A lovely triangulation down the left flank saw Degabriele and Joseph Mbong worked an opening in the box for Iriberri but the Spaniard’s low drive was blocked Jonathan Debono. Source: Internet

Halfway through, the triangulating edge flips showing that the Delaunay triangulation maximizes the minimum angle, not the edge-length of the triangles. Source: Internet

Because f is continuous, this simplex can be made arbitrarily small by choosing an arbitrarily fine triangulation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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