trigonometric
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Now researchers from the University of New South Wales are calling it one of the oldest and possibly most accurate trigonometric tables of the ancient world. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, "Ancient Tablet May Show Earliest Use of This Advanced Math," 25 Aug. 2017 The ancient trigonometric method of triangulation to measure a mountain's height (where the angles in a triangle formed by three survey control points) will not be used. — Sugam Pokharel, CNN, "How to measure a mountain: Everest height called into question," 21 June 2017 A British geographer making a trigonometric survey gave the mountain its name, a clipped abstraction capturing its indifference to life and time. — Michael Powell, New York Times, "Scaling the World’s Most Lethal Mountain, in the Dead of Winter," 9 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'trigonometric.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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