triangulation pillars

A form of triangulation pillar — 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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of triangulation pillar
Cite this entry
APA

triangulation pillars. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triangulation%20pillars

MLA

“triangulation pillars.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triangulation%20pillars. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triangulation pillars,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triangulation%20pillars.

Source: triangulation pillars on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.