global positioning system: a system for finding exactly where you are anywhere in the world using satellites (=objects that go around the earth high in the sky)
Synonyms and related words
Radio, radar and sonar signals
atmospherics
directional
footprint
GPS
noun uncountable
US /ˌdʒi pi ˈes/
Other entries for this word
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global positioning system: a system for finding exactly where you are anywhere in the world using satellites (=objects that go around the earth high in the sky)