global positioning system
全球定位系统,环球定位系统,全球卫星定位系统,全球定位系統
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- : a system of earth-orbiting satellites, transmitting signals continuously towards the earth, that enables the position of a receiving device on or near the earth's surface to be accurately estimated from the difference in arrival times of the signalsAbbreviation: GPS
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At some point during his busy schedule, Israel found the time to write a book, titled The Global War on Morris.
There were no deaths on scheduled commercial aviation flights in 2014, in a system that operates 68,000 flights a day.
She fills her characters up—strong women beating back against a sexist system—with so much heart.
A hundred ultra-wealthy liberal and conservative donors have taken over the political system.
“Stay in formation,” a sergeant from the ceremonial unit said over a public address system to the cops along the street.
Sweden excluded British goods, conformably to the continental system established by Bonaparte.
As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.
Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"
Thanks to Berthier's admirable system, Bonaparte was kept in touch with every part of his command.