"GPS receiver" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: GPS receivers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} GPS receiver (plural GPS receivers)
  1. An audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation. Synonyms: GPS Translations (GPS receiver): birilo (Esperanto), GPS [masculine] (Galician), navegador GPS [masculine] (Galician), Navigationsgerät [neuter] (German), Navi [informal, neuter] (German), navigatore satellitare [masculine] (Italian), nawigacja [colloquial, feminine] (Polish), inneal-GPS [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), GPS [masculine] (Spanish), navegador GPS [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-GPS_receiver-en-noun-QGw0x627 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'GPS receiver': 81 19
  2. (by extension) A device that uses any global positioning system satellite network. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Navigation Synonyms: satnav
    Sense id: en-GPS_receiver-en-noun-~5haWN4M Disambiguation of Navigation: 44 56

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