Meaning & use
triangulating
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Determining the location of something by measuring angles from two or more known points, or more broadly, working something out by combining information from several sources.
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Surveyors were triangulating the hill's exact position using nearby landmarks.
The detective triangulated the suspect's location from three cell towers.
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Also used figuratively in politics to describe positioning oneself strategically between two opposing sides.
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