global positioning system

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Related

Similar words

• GPS
• global navigation satellite system

Narrower meaning words

• NavStar / Navstar / GPS / Global Positioning System
• Beidou / BeiDou
• Galileo
• GLONASS

Origin

• From the proper noun Global Positioning System.