global positioning system

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.
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.

Equivalents

Españolsistema de posicionamiento global

FrançaisGlobal Positioning System système de positionnement par satellites

DeutschGlobal Positioning System Globales Navigationssatellitensystem

11 more languages

العربيةجِي بِي إِس نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ

Suomisatelliittipaikannusjärjestelmä

GalegoGPS sistema de posicionamento global

Magyarglobális helymeghatározó rendszer

日本語グローバル・ポジショニング・システム全地球測位システム

Kurdînavîgasyon

Nederlandsgps

Portuguêssistema de posicionamento global

РусскийGPS глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования Джи-Пи-эС

SvenskaGPS

Türkçenavigasyon

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

global scope global socialism Global South global studies global village global warming

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