GPS receiver

GPS receiver

English

Noun

GPS receiver (plural GPS receivers)

1. An audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation.
2. By extension, such a device that uses any global positioning system satellite network, not just the U.S. Navstar GPS.

Synonyms

• (any system): satnav

Hypernyms

• (Navstar): satnav

Translations

GPS receiver

Esperanto: birilo Galician: GPS m, navegador GPS m German: Navigationsgerät (de) n; (informal) Navi (de) n

Italian: navigatore satellitare (it) m Polish: nawigacja (pl) f (colloquial) Scottish Gaelic: inneal-GPS m Spanish: GPS (es) m, navegador GPS m