triangulatedadj.
/trʌɪˈaŋɡjʊleɪtɪd/ 1.
a. = triangulate adj. 1.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > triangular
three-corneredc1400
three-squaredc1400
three-squarec1450
triangle1474
triangled1486
triangular?1541
three-corner1548
trilater1570
trigonal1571
three-corned1584
three-sided1601
triangulated1610
triangulate1611
triform1621
triangulary1622
triquetrous1658
trilateral1660
triagonal1665
trigonic1788
cocked hat1846
heater-shaped1847
the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > two-dimensional > triangular
triangle1474
triangled1486
triangular?1541
trigonal1570
trilater1570
triangulated1610
triangulate1611
triform1621
triangulary1622
triquetrous1658
trilateral1660
trilineal1715
trilinear1715
trigonic1788
trigonate1815
triagonal1831
1610 A. Hopton Baculum Geodæticum ii. i. 18 If right lined, whether a Tryangle or Tryangulated?
b. Formed into a triangle.
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1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 286 The triangulated Ostracion.
c. Converted or divided into triangles; composed of triangles.
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the world > space > shape > angularity > specific angular shape > [adjective] > triangular > divided into triangles
triangulated1897
1897 Westm. Gaz. 6 Dec. 9/1 A [bicycle] frame..worthy of attention is that known as the ‘triangulated’, designed by Mr. C. W. Brown for ladies' machines.
2. Measured or mapped out by means of triangles, as in surveying. (In quot. 1894 figurative.)
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [adjective] > surveyed > by triangulation
triangulated1894
1894 Thinker 6 344 There may be a vast terra incognita lying back of the triangulated regions of consciousness.
1969 G. C. Dickinson Maps & Air Photographs ii. 40 From about 1750 onwards a few of the better cartographers had begun to accept the need, for accuracy's sake, of providing a full triangulated framework for their county maps.
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