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triangulation

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triangulation

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

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