(n)a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation

triangulation

(n)a method of surveying; the area is divided into triangles and the length of one side and its angles with the other two are measured, then the lengths of the other sides can be calculated

angular

(adj)having angles or an angular shape, Syn.angulate, Ant.rounded

blue ash

(n)ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood, Syn.Fraxinus quadrangulata

choking

(n)the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe, Syn.throttling, strangulation, strangling

clustered poppy mallow

(n)densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters, Syn.Callirhoe triangulata

collared peccary

(n)dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States, Syn.Tayassu tajacu, javelina, Peccari angulatus, Tayassu angulatus

strangle

(v)kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air, Syn.throttle, strangulate

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Angulate

v. t. To make angular. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angulated

{ } a. [ L. angulatus, p. p. of angulare to make angular. ] Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

Angulation

n. A making angular; angular formation. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Biangulated

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + angulate, angulated. ] Biangular. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strangulate

a. (Bot.) Strangulated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strangulated

a. 1. (Med.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strangulated hernia. (Med.) See under Hernia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strangulation

n. [ L. strangulatio: cf. F. strangulation. See Strangle. ] 1. The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Triangulate

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Triangulated p. pr. & vb. n. Triangulating. ] 1. To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make triangular, or three-cornered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Triangulation

n. [ Cf. F. triangulation. ] (Surv.) The series or network of triangles into which the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distances of the several points connected by them. [ 1913 Webster ]

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