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A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: cartography, geography, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: GPS
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: GPS, global navigation satellite system
Antonyms: none provided
a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: GPS
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: navigational system
From the proper noun Global Positioning System.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ
(niẓām at-tamawḍuʕ al-ʕālamiyy)
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Arabic:
جِي بِي إِس
(jī bī ʔes)
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Chinese Mandarin:
全球定位系統 /全球定位系统
(quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng)
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Finnish:
Global Positioning System
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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French:
Global Positioning System
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Galician:
sistema de posicionamento global
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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German:
Global Positioning System
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Greek:
Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας
(Pagkósmio Sýstima Thesithesías)
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Indonesian:
sistem pemosisi global
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Japanese:
グローバル・ポジショニング・システム
(gurōbaru-pojishoningu-shisutemu)
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Japanese:
全地球測位システム
(zenchikyū sokui shisutemu)
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Malay:
sistem kedudukan sejagat
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Malay:
sistem penentududukan sejagat
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Māori:
pūnaha kimi taunga
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Portuguese:
sistema de posicionamento global
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Russian:
GPS
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Russian:
Джи-Пи-эС
(Dži-Pi-eS)
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Russian:
глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования
(globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija)
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Spanish:
sistema de posicionamiento global
— system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
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Arabic:
نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ
(niẓām at-tamawḍuʕ al-ʕālamiyy)
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Arabic:
جِي بِي إِس
(jī bī ʔes)
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Chinese Mandarin:
全球定位系統 /全球定位系统
(quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng)
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Dutch:
gps
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Finnish:
satelliittipaikannusjärjestelmä
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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French:
système de positionnement par satellites
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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German:
Globales Navigationssatellitensystem
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Greek:
Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας
(Pagkósmio Sýstima Thesithesías)
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Hungarian:
globális helymeghatározó rendszer
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Indonesian:
sistem pemosisi global
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Japanese:
グローバル・ポジショニング・システム
(gurōbaru-pojishoningu-shisutemu)
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Japanese:
全地球測位システム
(zenchikyū sokui shisutemu)
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Malay:
sistem kedudukan sejagat
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Malay:
sistem penentududukan sejagat
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Russian:
GPS
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Russian:
Джи-Пи-эС
(Dži-Pi-eS)
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Russian:
глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования
(globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija)
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
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Turkish:
navigasyon
— system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
