单词 | satellite navigation |
释义 | > as lemmassatellite navigation satellite navigation n. navigation by means of, or assisted by, positional information transmitted via satellite; cf. satnav n. 1, GPS n. at G n. Initialisms. ΚΠ 1959 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 7 Feb. 4/6 The differences in the earth's diameters at various points—25 to 50 miles—can now be charted accurately by aid of satellite navigation. 1975 Offshore Progress—Technol. & Costs (Shell Briefing Service) 7 With satellite navigation, however, the rig can fix its own position by computer, processing signals received from orbiting satellites. 1981 New Scientist 5 Feb. 340/1 It may well be the spectre of Japan that has hastened the downward movement of the prices of satellite navigation systems—satnavs—to the sailor. 2010 S. Thirsk Not quite White (2011) 20 I wondered if Mam had any idea about satellite navigation or internet route finders. < as lemmas |
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