biangulate

bi- +‎ angulate

biangulate (not comparable)

1. Synonym of biangular

biangulate (third-person singular simple present biangulates, present participle biangulating, simple past and past participle biangulated)

1. To establish the two-dimensional position of a point by measuring the position of an intermediate point relative to a fixed point

   e.g. Move one mile north-east, then two miles south.

• biangulation