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
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 still constitutes the framework of most existing surveys. 现有的绝大多数测量控制网仍由三角测量系组成。
We must invent an extension of the idea of triangulation. 我们必须把三角法这个观念加以引伸。
Myanmar's junta has survived in part throughdiplomatic triangulation. 缅甸军人政权通过三角外交得以生存下来。
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