global positioning system is a noun meaning "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". It carries one recorded sense.
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
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for global positioning system come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.