Global Positioning System

See also: global positioning system

English

Proper noun

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.

   Synonym: GPS

Usage notes

This entry is of a proper noun, which refers to a specific (the first one) global positioning system, now only one of many.

Translations

system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location

• Arabic: نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ m (niẓām at-tamawḍuʕ al-ʕālamiyy), جِي بِي إِس m (jī bī ʔes)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全球定位系統／全球定位系统 (zh) (quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng)

• Finnish: Global Positioning System
• French: Global Positioning System m
• Galician: sistema de posicionamento global m
• German: Global Positioning System n
• Greek: Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας n (Pagkósmio Sýstima Thesithesías)
• Indonesian: sistem pemosisi global
• 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)
• Malay: sistem kedudukan sejagat, sistem penentududukan sejagat
• Maori: pūnaha kimi taunga
• Portuguese: sistema de posicionamento global m
• Russian: GPS (ru) f, Джи-Пи-эС f (Dži-Pi-eS), глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования f (globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija)
• Spanish: sistema de posicionamiento global m

Further reading

• Global Positioning System on Wikipedia.Wikipedia