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Global Positioning System

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Noun

1. global positioning system, gps

a 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Global Positioning System

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noun
a system of earth-orbiting satellites, transmitting signals continuously towards the earth, that enables the position of a receiving device on or near the earth's surface to be accurately estimated from the difference in arrival times of the signals
. Abbreviation: GPS

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Global Positioning System

see synonyms of global positioning system
n. Abbr. GPS
A system of satellites, computers, and receivers that is able to determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by calculating the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver.

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