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单词 trilateration
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trilateration

[ trahy-lat-uh-rey-shuhn ]
/ traɪˈlæt əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun Surveying.

a method of determining the relative positions of three or more points by treating these points as vertices of a triangle or triangles of which the angles and sides can be measured.

Origin of trilateration

trilater(al) + -ation

Words nearby trilateration

trilabe, Trilafon, trilaminar, trilateral, trilateralism, trilateration, trilby, trilemma, trilinear, trilingual, triliteral
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British Dictionary definitions for trilateration

trilateration
/ (ˌtraɪlætəˈreɪʃən) /

noun

a method of surveying in which a whole area is divided into triangles, the sides of which are measured, usually by electromagnetic distance measuring for geodetic control or by chain survey for a detailed survey
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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