global positioning system
see also: Global Positioning System
Noun
Global Positioning System
Proper noun
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see also: Global Positioning System
Noun
global positioning system (plural global positioning systems)
- Any system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from satellites such as those of the US military, the Russian GLONASS system, or the proposed Galileo European alternative system.
- GPS, global navigation satellite system
- French: système de positionnement par satellites
- German: Globales Navigationssatellitensystem
- Russian: GPS
Global Positioning System
Proper noun
- (cartography) A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.
- French: Global Positioning System
- German: Global Positioning System
- Portuguese: sistema de posicionamento global
- Russian: GPS
- Spanish: sistema de posicionamiento global
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