(cartography) A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.
Synonym: GPS

This entry is of a proper noun, which refers to a specific (the first one) global positioning system, now only one of many.

system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location

Arabic: نِظَام اَلتَّمَوْضُع اَلْعَالَمِيّ m (niẓām at-tamawḍuʕ al-ʕālamiyy), جِي بِي إِس m (jī bī ʔes)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 全球定位系統 / 全球定位系统 (zh) (quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng)
Finnish: Global Positioning System
French: Global Positioning System m
Galician: sistema de posicionamento global m
German: Global Positioning System n
Greek: Παγκόσμιο Σύστημα Θεσιθεσίας n (Pagkósmio Sýstima Thesithesías)
Indonesian: sistem pemosisi global
Japanese: グローバル・ポジショニング・システム (gurōbaru-pojishoningu-shisutemu), 全地球測位システム (zenchikyū sokui shisutemu)
Malay: sistem kedudukan sejagat, sistem penentududukan sejagat
Maori: pūnaha kimi taunga
Portuguese: sistema de posicionamento global m
Russian: GPS (ru) f, Джи-Пи-эС f (Dži-Pi-eS), глоба́льная систе́ма позициони́рования f (globálʹnaja sistéma pozicionírovanija)
Spanish: sistema de posicionamiento global m

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