sān jiǎo cè liáng fǎdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
triangulation (surveying)
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Original source entry:

三角測量法 三角测量法 [san1 jiao3 ce4 liang2 fa3] /triangulation (surveying)/

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Other forms in these source records: 三角測量法

  • 三
    sān

    three / 3

    Sān

    surname San

  • 角
    jiǎo

    angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime) / CL:個|个[gè]

    jué

    role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale

    Jué

    surname Jue

  • 测
    cè

    to survey / to measure / to conjecture

  • 量
    liáng

    to measure

    liàng

    capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liàng cí], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word

  • 法
    fǎ

    law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fǎ jiā]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fǎ lā])

    Fǎ

    France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fǎ guó] / Taiwan pr. [Fà]

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