triangulate
IPA: traɪæŋgjuɫeɪt
verb
- to locate by means of triangulation
- 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"
adjective
- triangular
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Examples of "triangulate" in Sentences
- I assume you people can triangulate the call.
- I was able to triangulate a preliminary search area.
- I triangulated the metal in order to make it smaller.
- He did not "triangulate" until after the 1994 midterms.
- Given two independent radio sources, you can triangulate.
- A triangulate plate is attached to the bottom of the base.
- The frame structure was triangulated and emanated from the fuselage.
- Sayid, Kate and Boone attempt to triangulate the French transmission.
- The NLDN uses 106 sensors nationwide to triangulate lightning strikes.
- These are data points that I used to triangulate the suspect's location.
- In her obsession to "triangulate" she is taking progressives for granted.
- Over time a number of algorithms have been proposed to triangulate a polygon.
- Conservative -- Democrats provide an opening for Senate Republicans to team up and 'triangulate' with Republicans against progressives in Congress.
- Conservative -- Democrats provide an opening for Senate Republicans to team up and "triangulate" with Republicans against progressives in Congress. '
- Even though I think Obama is making mistakes it would be worse if Clinton was our nominee and she would be a bad VP choice because she would 'triangulate' even more.
- We haven't had a national liberal leader since then -- President Clinton had to 'triangulate' and incorporate major conservative principles to eek out his plurality.
- He'll be tempted to "triangulate" as Clinton did in the 1990s and with the same results: weakening the Democratic Party coalition that brought him to power by demoralizing its base.
- To triangulate or not to triangulate, that is the White House's question, report Laura Meckler and Peter Wallsten: Strategists in both parties see two options for President Barack Obama.
- Derek Burney stated, "Attempts to 'triangulate' in recent years, by bringing in Mexico, have produced little of substance and allowed attention to be diverted from more pressing bilateral concerns."
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