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global_positioning_system

global positioning system

See also: Global Positioning System

English

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.

Synonyms

GPS, global navigation satellite system

Translations

system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites

Arabic: نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ m ‎(niẓām at-tamawḍuʿ al-ʿālamiyy), جِي بِي إِس m ‎(jī bī ʾes)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 全球定位系統 (zh), 全球定位系统 (zh) ‎(quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng)
Finnish: satelliittipaikannusjärjestelmä
French: système de positionnement par satellites m
German: Globales Navigationssatellitensystem n

Greek: Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας n ‎(Pankósmio Sýstima Thesithesías)
Hungarian: globális helymeghatározó rendszer
Japanese: グローバル・ポジショニング・システム ‎(gurōbaru-pojishoningu-shisutemu), 全地球測位システム ‎(zenchikyū sokui shisutemu)
Russian: GPS (ru) f, Джи-Пи-эС f ‎(Dži-Pi-eS), глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования f ‎(globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija)

See also

global positioning system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia