Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

global positioning system

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: glob-al -po-si-tion-ing sys-tem
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.

noun

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.

Etymology

From the proper noun Global Positioning System.

Inflected Forms

global positioning systems (plural)

Synonyms

GPS global navigation satellite system

Questions

What does global positioning system mean?: A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.
Where does global positioning system come from?: From the proper noun Global Positioning System.

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