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GPS receiver

GPS receiver noun: 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.

gps receiver: an audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning...
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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.
    Synonyms:
    GPS
  2. (broadly) A device that uses any global positioning system satellite network.
    Synonyms:
    satnav

Synonyms of GPS receiver

Forms of GPS receiver

pluralGPS receivers

Questions about GPS receiver

What does GPS receiver mean?
GPS receiver means 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.
What part of speech is GPS receiver?
GPS receiver is a noun.
What is the plural of GPS receiver?
The plural of GPS receiver is GPS receivers.

Words near GPS receiver in the dictionary

  1. GPRS
  2. gps
  3. GPS art
  4. GPS drawing
  5. GPS drawings
  6. GPS receiver
  7. GPS receivers
  8. GPS system
  9. GPS systems
  10. GPSed
  11. GPSes

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