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triangulation pillar

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
tri-an-gu-la-tion pil-lar
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

triangulation pillars (plural)

Synonyms

triangulation station trigpoint trig pillar trigonometrical station

Questions

What does triangulation pillar mean?
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.

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