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tracenounAn act of tracing.
delaunaya lunar impact crater.
trignoun(now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
retriangulationnounTriangulation again.
trigonometricsnountrigonometry
phototriangulationnountriangulation using photogrammetry
trilaterationnounThe determination of the location of a point based on its distance from three other points.
traversenoun(climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
polygonationnounA method of surveying, an extension of triangulation, in which a set of contiguous polygons are measured and plotted
triangulation pillarnoun(UK) A concrete pillar used by the Ordnance Survey as a point for taking theodolite measurements, used in determining the exact shape of the country in a mid-20th-century retriangulation project.
trig pointnounAny fixed structure that marks a measuring point used in triangulation.
surveyingnounThe applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.
quadrangulationnounThe act or result of quadrangulating a surface.
triangulation stationnoun(UK) A triangulation pillar.
topometrynoun(chiefly medicine) Any of various imaging or surveying techniques in which the three-dimensional positions of an array of points is recorded.
aerotriangulationnounThe assigning of coordinates to points on the ground by use of aerial photographs.
beach transectnoun(geography) A geographical technique in which the angle of a beach is measured with a ranging pole and a clinometer.
basenounSomething from which other things extend; a foundation.
biangulationnounThe establishment of the two-dimensional position of a point, relative to a fixed point, by first establishing the position of an intermediate point
gyrotrigonometrynoun(hyperbolic geometry) The use of gyroconcepts to study hyperbolic triangles.

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