| 单词 | triangulate |
| 释义 | triangulate (once / 21335 pages) vadj To triangulate is to divide into triangles or use triangles to measure something. Sometimes people triangulate to measure distance. When you use three points to measure something, you triangulate. Recognize the word triangle in triangulate? It’s no coincidence, both words come from the Latin triangulum for yes, “triangle.” When you triangulate, you make a series of triangles to measure distance or altitude. The height of a mountain and the distance to a river could both be estimated by triangulating. This type of triangulating is derived from trigonometry, which involves measuring the length and angles of triangles. You may have done that type of triangulating in math class. WORD FAMILYtriangulate: triangulated, triangulates, triangulating, triangulation+/triangle: triangles, triangular, triangulate/triangular: triangularity, triangularly/triangulation: triangulations USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s a Wonderful Life deserves a kind of peripheral inclusion here, for being where inspirational triangulates with the weepie and the Christmas film. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) In the never-ending stream of comfortable, unchallenging personalized info-tainment there’s little incentive to break off, to triangulate and fact check with reliable and contrary sources. The Guardian(Dec 10, 2016) With Hillary carrying their banner, the Democrats triangulated themselves in every way imaginable. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) 1v measure by using trigonometry triangulate the angle Hyper measure, measure out, mensurate determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of 2v survey by triangulation The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot Hyper survey plot a map of (land) 3v divide into triangles or give a triangular form to triangulate the piece of cardboard Hyper carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up separate into parts or portions 4adj composed of or marked with triangles |
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