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sat nav

British  
/ ˈsæt næv /

noun

    1. short for satellite navigation

    2. short for satellite navigation system

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"I used my sat nav and managed to find a way up on a sort of minor road towards Lanark and back on to the M74 just above where it had all been closed," he said.

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Prof Ashkan, said holes half the size of a five pence piece had been made in her skull, after a frame with precise co-ordinates was placed on Ms Bacon's head "acting as a sat nav" to guide them to the correct positions to implant the electrode.

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The 42-year-old was watching a cat video and, moments before the crash, he was entering an address into his sat nav.

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On approach, it didn't look much like a roundabout, although this wasn't helped by the fact my sat nav app didn't register it as one.

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"My Sat Nav took me all up country roads. I stopped a guy in the narrowest lane I've ever been down," he told BBC Radio Somerset.

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