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Triangulation   /traɪˌæŋgjulˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Triangulation

noun
1.
A trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation.
2.
A method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated.





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"Triangulation" Quotes from Famous Books



... by his friend Guyot.* (* See Biographical Sketch, published by Professor A. Guyot, under the auspices of the United States National Academy.) "The position of eighteen of the most prominent rocks on the glacier was determined by careful triangulation by a skillful engineer, and measured year after year to establish the rate of motion of every part. The differences in the rate of motion in the upper and lower part of the glacier, as well as in different seasons of the year, was ascertained; the amount of the annual melting was computed, ...
— Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence • Louis Agassiz


Words linked to "Triangulation" :   trig, triangulate, surveying, trigonometry


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