global positioning system

Etymology
From the proper noun Global Positioning System.

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Hyponyms

 * / /  /  the U.S. government satellite navigation system
 * / the Chinese government satellite navigation system
 * the European Union satellite navigation system
 * the Russian government satellite navigation system

Translations

 * Arabic: نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ, جِي بِي إِس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: satelliittipaikannusjärjestelmä
 * French: système de positionnement par satellites
 * German: Globales Navigationssatellitensystem
 * Greek: Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας
 * Hungarian: globális helymeghatározó rendszer
 * Indonesian: sistem pemosisi global
 * 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
 * Malay: sistem kedudukan sejagat, sistem penentududukan sejagat
 * Russian:, Джи-Пи-эС, глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования
 * Turkish: