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triangulation pillar

triangulation pillar noun: a concrete pillar used by the Ordnance Survey as a point for taking theodolite measurements, used in determining the exact shape of the country in a mid-20th-century retriangulation project.

triangulation pillar: a concrete pillar used by the Ordnance Survey as a point for taking theodolite measurements, used...
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Noun

triangulation pillar (plural triangulation pillars)

  1. (UK) A concrete pillar used by the Ordnance Survey as a point for taking theodolite measurements, used in determining the exact shape of the country in a mid-20th-century retriangulation project.

Synonyms of triangulation pillar

Forms of triangulation pillar

pluraltriangulation pillars

Questions about triangulation pillar

What does triangulation pillar mean?
Triangulation pillar means a concrete pillar used by the Ordnance Survey as a point for taking theodolite measurements, used in determining the exact shape of the country in a mid-20th-century retriangulation project.
What part of speech is triangulation pillar?
Triangulation pillar is a noun.
What is the plural of triangulation pillar?
The plural of triangulation pillar is triangulation pillars.

Words near triangulation pillar in the dictionary

  1. triangulately
  2. triangulateration
  3. triangulates
  4. triangulating
  5. triangulation
  6. triangulation pillar
  7. triangulation pillars
  8. triangulation station
  9. triangulation stations
  10. triangulational
  11. triangulations

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