英语词汇“global positioning system”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Global Positioning System n. a worldwide navigation system which allows users to determine their location very precisely by means of receiving equipment that detects timed radio signals from a network of satellites in stable, predictable orbits; (also) a receiver for this system; abbreviated GPS.

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1973 Aviation Week 26 Nov. 49/3 The Pentagon official said..the Global Positioning System's ‘need will be justified solely on the basis of its military value’.

1983 N. A. Chagnon Yanomamö (1992) ii. 102 I used, for the first time, what are called GPS (global positioning systems) instruments—small, hand-held instruments that receive signals from a network of satellites launched by the U.S. Department of Defense in the past several years.

1994 Onset Oct. 16/4 Pack Micrologic's Sportsman Global Positioning System (GPS) in your rucksack. A hand-held, water-resistant navigation unit, this device can be used by boaters, trailblazers and tourists alike.

2006 Metro (Toronto) 13 Sept. 22 (caption) The adventure tourism activity uses global positioning system devices..to find out-of-the-way locales.

单词	global positioning system
释义	> as lemmas Global Positioning System Global Positioning System n. a worldwide navigation system which allows users to determine their location very precisely by means of receiving equipment that detects timed radio signals from a network of satellites in stable, predictable orbits; (also) a receiver for this system; abbreviated GPS. ΚΠ 1973 Aviation Week 26 Nov. 49/3 The Pentagon official said..the Global Positioning System's ‘need will be justified solely on the basis of its military value’. 1983 N. A. Chagnon Yanomamö (1992) ii. 102 I used, for the first time, what are called GPS (global positioning systems) instruments—small, hand-held instruments that receive signals from a network of satellites launched by the U.S. Department of Defense in the past several years. 1994 Onset Oct. 16/4 Pack Micrologic's Sportsman Global Positioning System (GPS) in your rucksack. A hand-held, water-resistant navigation unit, this device can be used by boaters, trailblazers and tourists alike. 2006 Metro (Toronto) 13 Sept. 22 (caption) The adventure tourism activity uses global positioning system devices..to find out-of-the-way locales. extracted from globaladj. < as lemmas
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