Triangulate vs Triangulator - What's the difference?
triangulate | triangulator |
to locate by means of triangulation
* 1966 , Bob Shaw, Light of Other Days
to pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both ends against the middle"
* ,
One who, or that which, triangulates.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 24, author=Maureen Dowd, title=Madness as Method, work=New York Times
, passage=Rudy is using his more martial attitude toward Iran as a weapon against Hillary, painting her as a delicate ditherer on the topic, and Obama is using his more diplomatic attitude toward Iran as a weapon against Hillary, painting her as a triangulator and a two-time administration patsy. }}
As a verb triangulate
is to locate by means of triangulation.As a noun triangulator is
one who, or that which, triangulates.triangulate
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Verb
(triangulat)- "I'll give you a check now," I said abruptly, and saw Selina's green eyes triangulate angrily on my face.
- It is one thing to triangulate between the United States and the Arab world for short-term advantage; quite another to find oneself alienated from the heretofore supportive Americans without finding commensurate gratitude from the Middle East.
triangulator
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