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单词 triangulation
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tri•an•gu•la•tion  (trī ang′gyə lāshən),USA pronunciation n. [Survey., Navig.]
  1. a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base or base line) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
  2. the triangles thus formed and measured.
  • Medieval Latin triangulātiōn- (stem of triangulātiō) the making of triangles. See triangulate, -ion
  • 1810–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
triangulation /traɪˌæŋɡjʊˈleɪʃən/ n
  1. a method of surveying in which an area is divided into triangles, one side (the base line) and all angles of which are measured and the lengths of the other lines calculated trigonometrically
  2. the network of triangles so formed
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