Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of measuring solid angles.
- noun That branch of trigonometry which treats of circular functions in general, and of their relations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Math.) The art of measuring angles; trigonometry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
measurement ofangles
Etymologies
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gonio- + -metry
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Examples
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Where the bearings from multiple points, using goniometry, are plotted on a map, the transmitter will be located at the point where the bearings intersect.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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