tri·an·gu·late
trī-ˈaŋ-gyə-ˌlāt 
triangulated; triangulating
1
: to survey, map, or determine by triangulation
2
a
: to divide into triangles
b
: to give triangular form to
tri·an·gu·late
trī-ˈaŋ-gyə-lət
: consisting of or marked with triangles
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2019
The crowded field of Democrats running to succeed Newsom in 2026, and others weighing campaigns, are still triangulating how best to position themselves against President-elect Trump — and whether that’s a posture that California voters even want.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2021
In the past, ecologists would take radio receivers into the field to painstakingly triangulate tigers’ locations once or twice a day in natural landscapes.
—Neil Carter, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2021
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Verb
However, with two LIGO interferometers in different regions of the United States and one European gravitational wave interferometer (VIRGO) outside Pisa, Italy, careful timing of the wavefront’s arrival at multiple detectors allows astronomers to triangulate the direction of the signal.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2019
The crowded field of Democrats running to succeed Newsom in 2026, and others weighing campaigns, are still triangulating how best to position themselves against President-elect Trump — and whether that’s a posture that California voters even want.
—Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
Astronomers suspected some of these signals are likely caused by flares streaming off magnetars many billions of light-years away, but the telescopes can't quite triangulate where the signals are coming from.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2021
In the past, ecologists would take radio receivers into the field to painstakingly triangulate tigers’ locations once or twice a day in natural landscapes.
—Neil Carter, The Conversation, 23 Apr. 2021
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“Triangulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triangulate. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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