to triangulate
22
7.7
- verb
- /traɪˈæŋɡjʊˌleɪt/
- Specialized
:
triangular
- We triangulated the call to a cell phone tower about a block away, he was close.
- triangulated data
- triangulate findings
- triangulate signal sources
Even if you don't want to go north, you can use that pointer to the north to triangulate where it is that you do want to go.
- Even if you don't want to go north, you can use that pointer to the north to triangulate where it is that you do want to go.
- I was like, I think it's like a helicopter, you know, where, you know, I could not triangulate where, where the hell was coming from.
- We can do laser surgery to triangulate different laser beams to create a lesion in this area.
Examples
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Using three GPS signals, we can triangulate your position accurately.
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They can triangulate us with the phone signal.
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I need you to triangulate this location.
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This cell phone will triangulate him, no matter where he goes.
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Can you triangulate my signal?
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I can use her signal to triangulate her exact position in the White House.
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If you get more stations to triangulate from, you can get a better fix.
Blog text (14) -
The phone company triangulated the signal down to this area... we feel that she may be located in this radius.
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Data were triangulated by collecting evidence from a variety of sources: interviews, observations, and written products.
Academic text (2014) -
One way to enhance trustworthiness in a qualitative study is by triangulating the data.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
To find a position by measuring angles from three known points
How Accurate
- Specialized
22
7.7
123
4.0
781
2.3
370
2.6
9
4.3
768
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Triangulate comes from the parts tri- meaning 'three' and angle meaning 'corner', just like in triangle. Picture finding a place by making a triangle between two known points and the unknown point, so to triangulate is to work out a location by using triangles.