triangulation

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.

   “The season of 1835–36 was employed in carrying on the triangulation; in which Colonel [George] Everest was much impeded by a long continuance of hazy and cloudy weather. It appears, however, that the principal triangulation was brought down to the line from Juktipura to Pagara; […]”

2. isim The network of triangles so obtained, that are the basis of a chart or map.
3. isim A delaying move in which the king moves in a triangular path to force the advance of a pawn.
4. isim A subdivision of a planar object into triangles, and by extension the subdivision of a higher-dimension geometric object into simplices.

   “Regular triangulations are a class in-between lifting and lexicographic triangulations. Their main draw-back in the context of this paper is that regularity depends on the specific realization and not only on the oriented matroid.”

5. isim A process by which an unknown location is found using three known distances from known locations.

   “A special advantage of radar is that it works during darkness and other periods of low visibility, which prevent visual triangulation and aircraft techniques for measuring nuclear clouds.”

6. isim The practice of repositioning one's group or oneself on the political spectrum in an attempt to capture the centre.

   “Triangulation was a presidential leadership strategy that presented the president as having borrowed elements of both the right and the left to develop some form of center policy amalgam.”

7. isim The use of three (or more) researchers to interview the same people or to evaluate the same evidence to reduce the impact of individual bias.