TRIANGULATION

PRONUNCIATION: (try-ang-gyuh-LAY-shuhn)

MEANING: noun:
1. Determining the position of a point by measuring angles to it from two points a known distance apart.
2. Positioning between two extremes, especially in politics.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin triangulare (to make a triangle), from triangulus (three-cornered). Earliest documented use: 1818.
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TRIANNULATION - three simultaneous divorce ceremonies

TRI-BANGULATION - wearing exactly three wristlets

TRIANNULATION - converting a modest show into a three-ring circus