tri|an|gu|late «verb. try ANG gyuh layt; adjective. try ANG gyuh|liht, -layt», verb, -lat|ed, -lat|ing, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to mark out or divide into triangles.
2. to survey, measure, and map out (a region) by dividing (it) into triangles and measuring their angles and sides.
3. to find out by trigonometry: »
to triangulate the height of a mountain.
4. to make triangular; mark out or draw as a triangle.
–adj.
1. composed of triangles.
2. = triangular. (Cf. ↑triangular)
–tri|an´gu|late|ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.