Triangulation is an English word with synonyms like trigonometry or trig. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Triangulation meaning
- 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.
- The network of triangles so obtained, that are the basis of a chart or map.
- A delaying move in which the king moves in a triangular path to force the advance of a pawn.
Synonyms of Triangulation
Using Triangulation
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | The network of triangles so obtained, that are the basis of a chart or map. | A delaying move in which the king moves in a triangular path to force the advance of a pawn.
- Useful related words include: trigonometry, trig, surveying.
- In the example corpus, triangulation often appears in combinations such as: delaunay triangulation, triangulation of, triangulation from.
Context around Triangulation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Triangulation
- In this selection, "triangulation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, delaunay, clintonian, lovely, giving, down and via stand out and add context to how "triangulation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a delaunay triangulation for the and a lovely triangulation down the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "triangulation" sits close to words such as abominable, acolytes and acv, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with triangulation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Distance can then be computed by triangulation from the original pattern. (11 words)
Flipping the common edge produces a Delaunay triangulation for the four points. (12 words)
However, the Delaunay triangulation does not necessarily minimize the maximum angle. citation. (12 words)
In cricket, many pundits have questioned the accuracy of the Hawk-Eye system which is based on principles of triangulation via visual images and data transmitted by video cameras placed at various locations and angles around the area of play. (40 words)
But " Huff-Duff " (High Frequency Direction Finder) was still able to find where the U-boats were by analysis of radio transmissions and the positions through triangulation from the direction located by two or more Huff-Duff systems. (38 words)
Triangulation number Virus capsid T-numbers Icosahedral virus capsids are typically assigned a triangulation number (T-number) to describe the relation between the number of pentagons and hexagons i.e. their quasi-symmetry in the capsid shell. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Triangulation number Virus capsid T-numbers Icosahedral virus capsids are typically assigned a triangulation number (T-number) to describe the relation between the number of pentagons and hexagons i.e. their quasi-symmetry in the capsid shell.
The 1990s marked the end of the Cold War and the beginning of Clintonian “triangulation,” giving the impression of a bland consensus coalescing around a political middle.
A lovely triangulation down the left flank saw Degabriele and Joseph Mbong worked an opening in the box for Iriberri but the Spaniard’s low drive was blocked Jonathan Debono.
Thereafter, market breakdown and data triangulation were used to estimate the market size of segments and sub-segments.
Distance can then be computed by triangulation from the original pattern.
In cricket, many pundits have questioned the accuracy of the Hawk-Eye system which is based on principles of triangulation via visual images and data transmitted by video cameras placed at various locations and angles around the area of play.
McCoy and Wynne's work comprises large 360-degree panoramic photographs produced by placing the camera on top of the triangulation pillar, alongside a picture of the pillar itself.
The irony here is that when debuted, it was, as I mentioned above, a sort of corrective to Clintonian triangulation and the Democratic Party of the ‘90s.
The prosecution argued that Edwards killed her, before dumping her body in bushland near Lawrence, where a triangulation detected her mobile phone between 4am and 7am.
All faces (including the outer one) are then bounded by three edges, explaining the alternative term plane triangulation.
Applications The Euclidean minimum spanning tree of a set of points is a subset of the Delaunay triangulation of the same points, and this can be exploited to compute it efficiently.
Because f is continuous, this simplex can be made arbitrarily small by choosing an arbitrarily fine triangulation.
But " Huff-Duff " (High Frequency Direction Finder) was still able to find where the U-boats were by analysis of radio transmissions and the positions through triangulation from the direction located by two or more Huff-Duff systems.
By considering circumscribed spheres, the notion of Delaunay triangulation extends to three and higher dimensions.
Flipping the common edge produces a Delaunay triangulation for the four points.
Halfway through, the triangulating edge flips showing that the Delaunay triangulation maximizes the minimum angle, not the edge-length of the triangles.
Hauptvermutung main The Hauptvermutung (German for main conjecture) of geometric topology is the conjecture that any two triangulations of a triangulable space have a common refinement, a single triangulation that is a subdivision of both of them.
Hipparchus insists that a geographic map must be based only on astronomical measurements of latitudes and longitudes and triangulation for finding unknown distances.
However, the Delaunay triangulation does not necessarily minimize the maximum angle. citation.
In particular, the Delaunay triangulation avoids narrow triangles (as they have large circumcircles compared to their area).
Common combinations with triangulation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- delaunay triangulation 9×
- triangulation of 4×
- triangulation from 3×
- triangulation and 3×
- triangulation number 2×
- clintonian triangulation 2×
- by triangulation 2×
- of triangulation 2×
- through triangulation 2×
- triangulation for 2×