gps

¹ American  

Or GPS,

abbreviation

1. gallons per second.

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GPS ² American  

[jee-pee-es] / ˈdʒiˈpiˈɛs /

abbreviation

1. Global Positioning System:

   1. 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.

   2. an electronic system that uses these satellites to determine the position of a vehicle, person, etc..

      School buses will be equipped with GPS.

   3. Also called GPS receiver.  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.

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verb (used with object)

GPSed, GPS'd, GPSing

1. 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.

2. to equip with a GPS system.

   My new Honda is GPSed.

verb (used without object)

GPSed, GPS'd, GPSing

1. 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 British  

abbreviation

1. global positioning system

2. (in Australia) Great Public Schools; used of a group of mainly nonstate schools, and of sporting competitions between them

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GPS Scientific  

1. Abbreviation of Global Positioning System

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Etymology

Origin of GPS

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

This theory underpins much of today's technology, including computer chips, lasers, fiber optic communication, solar panels, MRI scanners, electron microscopes, and the atomic clocks used in GPS systems.

From Science Daily

Cassie’s house is on the other side of town, and the GPS tells us to take the highway, which Celia hates.

From Literature

Karimi said that, after inspecting the scene, security forces told him the drone appeared to have been guided by GPS and suggested that someone might have placed a tracker on his truck.

From Barron's

As team principal Andrea Stella put it: "When we look at the GPS overlays, we see that Mercedes is faster in some of the corners."

From BBC

In recent years, GPS jamming has affected aircraft in Europe, including a plane used by the President of the European Commission.

From BBC