Definition of TRIGONOMETRIC

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Recent Examples on the Web 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 2017

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“Trigonometric.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trigonometric. Accessed 12 December 2019.