"Global Positioning System" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Global Positioning System}} Global Positioning System
  1. (cartography) A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites. Categories (topical): Astronautics, Cartography, Navigation Synonyms: GPS Translations (system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location): نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ (niẓām at-tamawḍuʕ al-ʕālamiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), جِي بِي إِس (jī bī ʔes) [masculine] (Arabic), 全球定位系統 (Chinese Mandarin), 全球定位系统 (quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), Global Positioning System (Finnish), Global Positioning System [masculine] (French), sistema de posicionamento global [masculine] (Galician), Global Positioning System [neuter] (German), Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας (Pagkósmio Sýstima Thesithesías) [neuter] (Greek), 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), pūnaha kimi taunga (Maori), sistema de posicionamento global [masculine] (Portuguese), GPS [feminine] (Russian), Джи-Пи-эС (Dži-Pi-eS) [feminine] (Russian), глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования (globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija) [feminine] (Russian), sistema de posicionamiento global [masculine] (Spanish)

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