Usually means: Measurement technique using three points.
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  1. triangulation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. triangulation: Merriam-Webster
  3. triangulation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. triangulation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. triangulation: Collins English Dictionary
  6. triangulation: Vocabulary.com
  7. Triangulation, triangulation: Wordnik
  8. triangulation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. triangulation: Wiktionary
  10. triangulation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. triangulation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. triangulation: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. triangulation: Dictionary.com
  14. Triangulation (chess), Triangulation (computer vision), Triangulation (disambiguation), Triangulation (family dynamics), Triangulation (finance), Triangulation (geometry), Triangulation (politics), Triangulation (psychology), Triangulation (social science), Triangulation (surveying), Triangulation (topology), Triangulation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Triangulation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. triangulation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. triangulation: Rhymezone
  18. Triangulation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. triangulation: FreeDictionary.org
  20. triangulation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. triangulation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Triangulation: Game Dictionary
  2. Triangulation: Unicode Glossary
  3. triangulation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
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  2. Triangulation: Glossary of Medical Education Terms
  3. triangulation: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Triangulation: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  4. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  5. Triangulation: Extragalactic Astronomy
  6. triangulation: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. triangulation: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (uncountable, surveying) A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.
noun:  (countable, surveying) The network of triangles so obtained, that are the basis of a chart or map.
noun:  (countable, chess) A delaying move in which the king moves in a triangular path to force the advance of a pawn.
noun:  (countable, geometry) A subdivision of a planar object into triangles, and by extension the subdivision of a higher-dimension geometric object into simplices.
noun:  (uncountable, navigation, seismology) A process by which an unknown location is found using three known distances from known locations.
noun:  (uncountable, politics) The practice of repositioning one's group or oneself on the political spectrum in an attempt to capture the centre.
noun:  (uncountable, qualitative research) The use of three (or more) researchers to interview the same people or to evaluate the same evidence to reduce the impact of individual bias.

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