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gps
1abbreviation for
- gallons per second.
GPS
2[ jee-pee-es ]
abbreviation for
- Global Positioning System:
- a global system of U.S. navigational satellites developed to provide precise positional and velocity data and global time synchronization for air, sea, and land travel.
- an electronic system that uses these satellites to determine the position of a vehicle, person, etc.:
School buses will be equipped with GPS.
- Also called GPS re·ceiv·er [jee, -, pee, -, es, ree-, see, -ver]. a receiver that determines its position by analyzing the satellite signals it receives:
With the GPS in a smartphone, a utilities maintenance crew can navigate to within a few feet of a water meter.
verb (used with object)
- to locate, track, or map by using a GPS system: The trail was scouted and GPSed by volunteers.
My dad asked me to GPS the nearest gas station.
The trail was scouted and GPSed by volunteers.
- to equip with a GPS system:
My new Honda is GPSed.
verb (used without object)
- to use a GPS system to get to a place:
With two hours to kill in an unfamiliar area, I GPSed to a shopping center.
GPS
abbreviation for
- global positioning system
- (in Australia) Great Public Schools; used of a group of mainly nonstate schools, and of sporting competitions between them
GPS
- Abbreviation of Global Positioning System
Word History and Origins
Origin of gps1
Example Sentences
The investigation included surveillance, court-approved GPS tracking and search warrants at Castillo’s Huntington Park apartment and her parents’ home in South Gate.
GPs initially said her pain was caused from "over-exercise" or "anxiety".
Is it when you can rattle off directions to a tourist without needing to check your GPS?
Tate, the UC Davis researcher, said GPS data from trackers attached to cows show some of them being chased around the pastures all night long.
"GPs are often the best way to access the help they need," she adds.
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