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A making angular; angular formation. Huxley.

The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.

The series or network of triangles into which the face of a country, or any portion of it, is divided in a trigonometrical survey; the operation of measuring the elements necessary to determine the triangles into which the country to be surveyed is supposed to be divided, and thus to fix the positions and distances of…

To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift.

That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.

topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor.

A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.

Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.

general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work.

ovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation.