triangulation
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- n a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation
- n a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated
- Weld's version of triangulation--positioning himself between both parties--does not always succeed.
- Alienated liberals by paying more attention to bipartisanship (and a form of Clintonian triangulation) than to party orthodoxy.
- Since radio waves travel at the same speed as light, and the distance from the earth to the moon can be figured closely by triangulation, measuring the time it takes for a radar .