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Word: triangulation (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • chess A delaying move in which the king moves in a triangular path in order to force the advance of a pawn.
  • qualitative research The use of three (or more) researchers to interview the same people or to evaluate the same evidence to reduce the impact of individual bias.
  • countable The network of triangles, so obtained, that are the basis of a map or chart
  • uncountable A technique in surveying in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry
  • uncountable In navigation or seismology, a process by which an unknown location is found using three known distances from known locations.

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