multilateration

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noun

The process of finding the position of a broadcast source by measuring its distance from other sources of known location

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Meanings

nounmultilateration (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of finding the position of a broadcast source by measuring its distance from other sources of known location

    We analyse a set of popular dating application that shares users relative distances within a certain radius and show how, by using the information shared on these platforms, it is possible to formalise a multilateration attack, able to identify the user actual position.

    2016, Silvia Puglisi, David Rebollo-Monedero, Jordi Forné, “Potential mass surveillance and privacy violations in proximity-based social applications”, in arXiv

    Synonyms: MLat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process of finding the position of a broadcast source by measuring its distance from other sources of known location

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MLat

Origin

From multilateral + -ation.

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Translations

Finnish multilaterointi, multilateraatio
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APA

multilateration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilateration

MLA

“multilateration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilateration. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multilateration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilateration.

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