单词 | triangulation point |
释义 | > as lemmastriangulation point 1. The tracing and measurement of a series or network of triangles in order to survey and map out a territory or region, spec. by measuring the angles and one side of each triangle (cf. trilateration n.). Frequently attributive, as triangulation point (also figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > specific methods or processes dialling1670 traverse1674 boning1718 levelling1812 triangulation1818 resection1855 plane-tabling1867 stepping1888 tacheometry1888 tachymetry1891 trilateration1948 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 463 The English triangulation, begun by General Roy. 1826 T. Drummond in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 ii. 334 Slieve Snaght, the highest hill of Innishowen,..forms an important point in the triangulation, which connects the North of Ireland with the western islands of Scotland. 1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (1878) xxxi. 550 The triangulation of Scotland for the Ordnance Survey. 1864 J. Hunt tr. C. Vogt Lect. on Man Index Triangulation of the skull. < as lemmas |
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