Definitions for trilateration
tri·lat·er·a·tion

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1. trilaterationnoun

   The determination of the location of a point based on its distance from three other points.

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1. Trilateration

   Trilateration is the use of distances (or "ranges") for determining the unknown position coordinates of a point of interest, often around Earth (geopositioning). When more than three distances are involved, it may be called multilateration, for emphasis. The distances or ranges might be ordinary Euclidean distances (slant ranges) or spherical distances (scaled central angles), as in true-range multilateration; or biased distances (pseudo-ranges), as in pseudo-range multilateration. Trilateration or multilateration should not be confused with triangulation, which uses angles for positioning; and direction finding, which determines the line of sight direction to a target without determining the radial distance.

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1. Trilateration

   In geometry, trilateration is the process of determining absolute or relative locations of points by measurement of distances, using the geometry of circles, spheres or triangles. In addition to its interest as a geometric problem, trilateration does have practical applications in surveying and navigation, including global positioning systems. In contrast to triangulation it does not involve the measurement of angles. In two-dimensional geometry, it is known that if a point lies on two curves such as the boundaries of two circles then the circle centers and the two radii provide sufficient information to narrow the possible locations down to two. Additional information may narrow the possibilities down to one unique location. In three-dimensional geometry, when it is known that a point lies on three surfaces such as the surfaces of three spheres then the centers of the three spheres along with their radii provide sufficient information to narrow the possible locations down to no more than two. If it is known that the point lies on the surface of a fourth sphere then knowledge of this sphere's center along with its radius is sufficient to determine the one unique location.

How to pronounce trilateration?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trilateration in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trilateration in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trilateration
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateration
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=trilateration