This week’s theme
Words from geometry

This week’s words
elliptic
triangulation
squarely
tangent
asymptote

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A.Word.A.Day

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.

USAGE:

“Sir Keir’s approach to winning the nomination has been a study in careful triangulation. He has gone out of his way to praise both Tony Blair and Mr Corbyn.”
The Man Who Dares to Be Dull; The Economist (London, UK); Feb 29, 2020.

See more usage examples of triangulation in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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