Meanings
global positioning system1
plural global positioning systems
- 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
Global Positioning System2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny 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.
proper nounA system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the proper noun Global Positioning System.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ, جِي بِي إِس
- نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ (niẓām at-tamawḍuʕ al-ʕālamiyy)system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- جِي بِي إِس (jī bī ʔes)system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ (niẓām at-tamawḍuʕ al-ʕālamiyy)system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
- جِي بِي إِس (jī bī ʔes)system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Chinese Mandarin 全球定位系統 /全球定位系统, 全球定位系統 /全球定位系统
- 全球定位系統 /全球定位系统 (quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng)system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- 全球定位系統 /全球定位系统 (quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng)system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Dutch gps
- gpssystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
Finnish satelliittipaikannusjärjestelmä, Global Positioning System
- satelliittipaikannusjärjestelmäsystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- Global Positioning Systemsystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
French système de positionnement par satellites, Global Positioning System
- système de positionnement par satellitessystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- Global Positioning Systemsystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
German Globales Navigationssatellitensystem, Global Positioning System
- Globales Navigationssatellitensystemsystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- Global Positioning Systemsystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Greek Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας, Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας
- Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας (Pagkósmio Sýstima Thesithesías)system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας (Pagkósmio Sýstima Thesithesías)system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Hungarian globális helymeghatározó rendszer
- globális helymeghatározó rendszersystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
Indonesian sistem pemosisi global, sistem pemosisi global
- sistem pemosisi globalsystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- sistem pemosisi globalsystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Japanese グローバル・ポジショニング・システム, 全地球測位システム
- グローバル・ポジショニング・システム (gurōbaru-pojishoningu-shisutemu)system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- 全地球測位システム (zenchikyū sokui shisutemu)system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- グローバル・ポジショニング・システム (gurōbaru-pojishoningu-shisutemu)system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
- 全地球測位システム (zenchikyū sokui shisutemu)system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Malay sistem kedudukan sejagat, sistem penentududukan sejagat
- sistem kedudukan sejagatsystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- sistem penentududukan sejagatsystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- sistem kedudukan sejagatsystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
- sistem penentududukan sejagatsystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Māori pūnaha kimi taunga
- pūnaha kimi taungasystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Portuguese sistema de posicionamento global
- sistema de posicionamento globalsystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Russian GPS, Джи-Пи-эС
- GPSsystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- Джи-Пи-эС (Dži-Pi-eS)system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования (globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija)system determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
- GPSsystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
- Джи-Пи-эС (Dži-Pi-eS)system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
- глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования (globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija)system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Spanish sistema de posicionamiento global
- sistema de posicionamiento globalsystem which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location
Turkish navigasyon
- navigasyonsystem determining precise location based on signals received from satellites
Cite this entry
global positioning system. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/global%20positioning%20system
“global positioning system.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/global%20positioning%20system. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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