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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Â© The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

triangulation n.
1. (in surveying) the tracing and measurement of a series or network of triangles in order to determine the distances and relative positions of points spread over a territory or region, especially by measuring the length of one side of each triangle and deducing its angles and the length of the other two sides by observation from this baseline.

2. formation of or division into triangles.

3. (in navigation) the location of an unknown point by using a triangle with two known points and the unknown point as the vertices.

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triangulation The use of at least three, but preferably multiple studies, theoretical perspectives, investigators, and data-sets for research on one issue or theme. In particular, the combined use of micro-level and macro-level studies, using each to complement and verify the other, in order to achieve robust research results. The approach was elaborated most extensively by Norman K. Denzin.

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triangulation A collection of triangles such that any pair of triangles intersect at most at one common vertex or along a common edge, whose union describes a surface in space.

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