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The following list shows the variety of language, of mathematics and of physics. This glossary shall give a hint to be very cautious about the advertisement of solutions providers for locating equipment.

Adjacency  Closer >neighbourhood in a >room, served e.g. with TokLoc solutions 
Ambience  Closer >environment at undefined distance 
Area  Somehow defined portion of >ground on >Earth 
Beam  A directed >section from a source >point to a target >point 
Bedside  The ambience of a bed in a hospital, served e.g. with TokLoc solutions 
Check-in  Process of control for receiving goods, served e.g. with WiPloc solutions 
Checking  Determining the current presence of an object in a controlled area 
Check-out  Process of control for shipping goods, served e.g. with WiPloc solutions 
Confinement  fenced, walled or otherwise circled >area, as e.g. a room, a corridor, a building or a depot 
Contiguity  Direct closest >neighbourhood at a work position, served e.g. with TokLoc solutions 
Coordinates  The defining properties of a location in angles and distances 
Corridor  Lengthy >confinement with defined >exit points 
Desk  >Contiguity of a work >position 
Direction  Direction makes the difference between a >section and a >beam, a >point has no direction 
Distance  >metrics for measuring the remoteness of two points 
Dock  >Door-like >exit point for shipping goods to enter or leave a >confinement 
Door  Narrow >exit point to enter or leave a confinement 
Entry  Point to enter or leave a confinement, see >exit 
Environment  Entire >environmental area without defined distance also beyond eyeshot 
Exit  Point to enter or leave a confinement, see >entry 
Eyeshot  A >distance of visibility 
Far field  All beyond >near field, with Fraunhofer diffraction properties 
Field  Outdoors >area 
Gate  >Exit point to enter or leave a confinement 
Globe  The >Earth as environment, the reach of a global navigation and locating system 
Ground  All >locations with zero height 
Height  Coordinate of elevation above >ground 
Indoors  All space in a building 
Inlet  A gate to receive something 
Leg  A >section with a known >distance 
Length  The not directed >distance between two points 
Locating  The process of determining the lateral position of an object, served e.g. with HopLoc solutions 
Location  A certain >place determined in coordinates but merely not in angular >orientation 
Locus  Latin for a certain place 
Matching  The process of determining the lateral position of an object, served e.g. with TokLoc solutions 
Metrics  Concept for measurement a physical property 
Navigation  Setting out the next sections of a trip 
Near field  The range of electro-magnetic effects in a distance of a few wavelengths (Fresnel >zone) 
Neighbourhood  A smaller >regional >area 
Orientation  Angular determination of an object in a system of (polar) coordinates 
Orienting  The process of determining the angular position of an object, hence the >orientation 
Origin  >Location with all the coordinates zero 
Outlet  A >gate to ship something 
Path  A set of >sections with not determined >distances but determined >direction 
Point  A >location with zero extent defined in >coordinates 
Pole  A certain >point in a system of >coordinates 
Position  A certain >place determined in >coordinates and in angular orientation 
Positioning  Term used e.g. for the process of determining an object in >location and >orientation 
Premises  Private >property 
Property  >Confined >area 
Proximity  Very close >neighbourhood at a reading appliance down till touch 
Rack  An arrangement of stacked >shelves 
Radius  The >distance to >origin in polar >coordinates 
Range  The maximum >distance between a transmitter and a receiver with proper transmission 
Reach  The >distance of arms >length 
Region  The >reach of a wireless communication system 
RFID locating  An advertisement term, as an RFID reader as a >point does not deliver a >location nor a >direction 
RFID reading  A well defined term for identifying according to ISO/IEC 19762-3 and e.g. ISO/IEC 18000-1  
Room  A walled >confinement 
RTLS locating  A well defined term for >locating according to ISO/IEC 19762-5 and ISO/IEC 24730-1 
Scope  All in views >distance 
Section  A portion of a >path 
Shelf  Just a board in a >rack 
Space  General term for all >positions outside the Earth"s atmosphere 
Trace  A >track composed from archived data 
Track  A timely ordered set of >sections between a sequence of interim >points till present >location 
Travel time   >distance >metrics with propagation of radio waves or light 
Vicinity  Closer >neighbourhood including >reach and >eyeshot 
Visibility  A term on >reach, depends on wavelength and >ambient and >environmental conditions for propagation 
Wavelength  In the wave model of electromagnetic propagation the >distance of travel in a second 
Zone  An >area with certain physical properties 

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