triangulate
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈæŋɡjəleɪt/
Verb
triangulate (third-person singular simple present triangulates, present participle triangulating, simple past and past participle triangulated)
- to locate by means of triangulation
- 1966, Bob Shaw, Light of Other Days
- "I'll give you a check now," I said abruptly, and saw Selina's green eyes triangulate angrily on my face.
- 1966, Bob Shaw, Light of Other Days
- to pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both ends against the middle"
- Victor Davis Hanson,
- It is one thing to triangulate between the United States and the Arab world for short-term advantage; quite another to find oneself alienated from the heretofore supportive Americans without finding commensurate gratitude from the Middle East.
- Victor Davis Hanson,
Translations
to locate by triangulation
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