Meaning · verb
to triangulate
- to determine the location of a point or signal using trigonometric bearings from multiple positions
- to pass the ball back and forth quickly between players to bypass opponents (in football)
In a sentence
I tecnici stanno cercando di triangolare la sorgente del segnale radio.
Technicians are trying to triangulate the source of the radio signal.
Possiamo triangolare la posizione del cellulare con le antenne vicine?
Can we triangulate the phone's position using nearby towers?
Gli operatori non sono riusciti a triangolare le coordinate esatte.
The operators were unable to triangulate the exact coordinates.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| triangolare | infinitive |
| triangolo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| triangoli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| triangola | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| triangoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| triangolate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| triangolano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| triangolavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| triangolavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| triangolava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| triangolavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| triangolavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| triangolavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| triangolai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| triangolasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| triangolò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| triangolammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| triangolaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| triangolarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| triangolerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| triangolerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| triangolerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| triangoleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| triangolerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| triangoleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| triangoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| triangoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| triangoli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| triangoliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| triangoliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| triangolino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| triangolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| triangolassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| triangolasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| triangolassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| triangolaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| triangolassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| triangolerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| triangoleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| triangolerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| triangoleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| triangolereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| triangolerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| triangola | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| triangoliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| triangolate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| triangolando | gerund |
| triangolato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes auxiliary avere. Note that 'triangolare' also exists as an adjective ('triangular').
