GPS receiver

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounGPS receiver (plural GPS receivers)

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

  2. broadlyA device that uses any global positioning system satellite network.

    Synonyms: satnav

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation.

Similar
GPS

nounA device that uses any global positioning system satellite network.

Similar
satnav
Also see
satnav

Translations

Dutch gps
  • gpsGPS receiver
Esperanto birilo
  • biriloGPS receiver
German Navigationsgerät, Navi
  • NavigationsgerätGPS receiver
  • NaviGPS receiver
Italian navigatore satellitare
  • navigatore satellitareGPS receiver
Polish nawigacja
  • nawigacjaGPS receiver
Scottish Gaelic inneal-GPS
  • inneal-GPSGPS receiver
Spanish GPS, navegador GPS
  • GPSGPS receiver
  • navegador GPSGPS receiver
Cite this entry
APA

GPS receiver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GPS%20receiver

MLA

“GPS receiver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GPS%20receiver. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “GPS receiver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/GPS%20receiver.

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