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triangulate


  • v  divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
    triangulate the piece of cardboard
  • v  measure by using trigonometry
    triangulate the angle
  • v  survey by triangulation
  • a  composed of or marked with triangles

  • So far, Obama isn't cooperating, and Clinton is trying to triangulate her differences with Edwards and Obama by being the candidate of "change and experience," someone who sees the .
  • It's possible, they think, that learning how she got inhalation anthrax could somehow triangulate on the attacker.
  • The scholars at Harvard's Kennedy School begin to triangulate and plot the vectors of power that produced the Mondale victory.
Quotes

  • Derek Burney in OpEdNews
    Former Canadian ambassador to the US, Derek Burney, said, "Attempts to 'triangulate' in recent years, by bringing in Mexico, have little substance and allowed attention to be diverted from more pressing bilateral concerns."
  • John Edwards in Washington Post
    We can't triangulate our way to big change,Edwards said in his prepared text. "We can't compromise our way to big change. We need to lead our way to big change."
  • Steve Jobs in Press-Enterprise
    We triangulate the beacons, look in their database, and it tells us where we are,Jobs said. "Isn't that cool?"

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