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Delaunay Triangulation

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Delaunay Triangulation - definition(s)

Delaunay triangulation - [3D analysis] A technique for creating a mesh of contiguous, nonoverlapping triangles from a dataset of points. Each triangle's circumscribing circle contains no points from the dataset in its interior. Delaunay triangulation is named for the Russian mathematician Boris Nikolaevich Delaunay.

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Source: esri, 22 March 2012 07:44:54, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External 


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