"global positioning system" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: global positioning systems [plural]
Etymology: From the proper noun Global Positioning System. Head templates: {{en-noun}} global positioning system (plural global positioning systems)
  1. 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 Hyponyms: NavStar (english: the U.S. government satellite navigation system), Navstar (english: the U.S. government satellite navigation system), GPS (english: the U.S. government satellite navigation system), Global Positioning System (english: the U.S. government satellite navigation system), Beidou (english: the Chinese government satellite navigation system), BeiDou (english: the Chinese government satellite navigation system), Galileo (english: the European Union satellite navigation system), GLONASS (english: the Russian government satellite navigation system) Translations (system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites): نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ (niẓām at-tamawḍuʕ al-ʕālamiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), جِي بِي إِس (jī bī ʔes) [masculine] (Arabic), 全球定位系統 /全球定位系统 (quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), gps [neuter] (Dutch), satelliittipaikannusjärjestelmä (Finnish), système de positionnement par satellites [masculine] (French), Globales Navigationssatellitensystem [neuter] (German), Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας (Pagkósmio Sýstima Thesithesías) [neuter] (Greek), globális helymeghatározó rendszer (Hungarian), sistem pemosisi global (Indonesian), グローバル・ポジショニング・システム (gurōbaru-pojishoningu-shisutemu) (Japanese), 全地球測位システム (zenchikyū sokui shisutemu) (Japanese), sistem kedudukan sejagat (Malay), sistem penentududukan sejagat (Malay), GPS [feminine] (Russian), Джи-Пи-эС (Dži-Pi-eS) [feminine] (Russian), глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования (globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija) [feminine] (Russian), navigasyon (Turkish)

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