Dictionary Entry
triangulate
triangulate is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.
- 2transitive verb
To make triangular, or three-cornered.
- 3verb
survey by triangulation
"The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot"
- 4verb
measure by using trigonometry
"triangulate the angle"
- 5verb
divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
"triangulate the piece of cardboard"
- 6adjective
composed of or marked with triangles
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