Japanese symbol for “triangulation”
三角測量
さんかくそくりょう
Romaji: sankakusokuryou
triangulation
In Japanese, triangulation is 三角測量, read さんかくそくりょう (sankakusokuryou).
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Meanings
- n triangulation
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三つ | みっつ mittsu | three |
| 三角 | さんかく sankaku | triangle; triangular shape |
| 第三者 | だいさんしゃ daisansha | third party; third person; outsider |
| 再三 | さいさん saisan | again and again; repeatedly |
| 三角形 | さんかくけい sankakukei | triangle |
| 三振 | さんしん sanshin | strikeout |
| 角度 | かくど kakudo | angle |
| 多角 | たかく takaku | many-sided; versatile; polygonal |
| 観測 | かんそく kansoku | observation; survey; measurement |
| 大量 | たいりょう tairyou | large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “triangulation”.
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