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sat-nav

sat-nav is the abbreviation of satellite navigation system.

Meaning of satellite navigation system

Noun

satellite navigation system (plural satellite navigation systems)

  1. Any electronic navigation system which uses space satellites as radio signal sources and position references.
    Synonyms:
    sat nav, sat-nav, satnav
  2. A satellite network used for implementing such a system.
  3. A navigation device that implements access to such a system, having satellite signal receivers to access the satellite network.

Forms of sat-nav

pluralsat-navs

Questions about sat-nav

What is sat-nav the abbreviation of?
Sat-nav is the abbreviation of satellite navigation system.

Words near sat-nav in the dictionary

  1. sat up with
  2. sat upon
  3. sat with
  4. SAT word
  5. SAT words
  6. sat-nav
  7. sat-navs
  8. sat.
  9. sat. fat
  10. sat. fats
  11. SATA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sat-nav (page history and authors); satellite navigation system (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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