Traversing vs Triangulation - What's the difference?
traversing | triangulation |
A traversal.
* 2013 , John Likides, Foundations of Meaning (page 300)
(uncountable) A technique in surveying in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry
(countable) The network of triangles, so obtained, that are the basis of a map or chart
(uncountable) In navigation or seismology, a process by which an unknown location is found using three known distances from known locations.
(chess) A delaying move in which the king moves in a triangular path in order to force the advance of a pawn.
(qualitative research) The use of three (or more) researchers to interview the same people or to evaluate the same evidence to reduce the impact of individual bias.
* 2003 , Nahid Golafshani, Understanding Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research'' (in ''The Qualitative Report Volume 8 Number 4 December 2003 597-607) [http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR8-4/golafshani.pdf]
As nouns the difference between traversing and triangulation
is that traversing is a traversal while triangulation is a technique in surveying in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry.As a verb traversing
is present participle of lang=en.traversing
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Some traversings last a few seconds or minutes, for instance, when the imagination passes swiftly across familiar eras and realms in its effort to generate the momentum necessary to perceive timeless realities.
triangulation
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Noun
- Triangulation was established by asking researcher
- 2 and researcher #4 to conduct their own interview of the participant.