triangulate

1. 1.

   divide into triangles or give a triangular form to

   “triangulate the piece of cardboard”

   Broaderdivide
2. 2.

   measure by using trigonometry

   “triangulate the angle”

   Broadermeasure
3. 3.

   survey by triangulation

   “The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot”

   Broadersurvey

1. 1.

   composed of or marked with triangles

Other forms of triangulate

past tense

triangulated·

present participle

triangulating·

third person

triangulates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about triangulate

What does triangulate mean?

triangulate means "divide into triangles or give a triangular form to". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in triangulate?

triangulate has 4 syllables: tri-an-gu-late. The stress falls on "an".

Is triangulate a common word?

triangulate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.