gps
or GPS, g.p.s.
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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-esree-see-ver] /ˈdʒiˈpiˈɛs riˈsi vər/ . 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.
to locate, track, or map by using a GPS system: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.
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.
Origin of GPS
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How to use gps in a sentence
The group was founded in 2008 by operatives who would later have ties to the dark money powerhouse Crossroads gps.
Waze is a gps-like smartphone app that provides drivers with up-to-the-minute, real-time updates on road conditions.
Or Sensoria, a new athletic-wear company whose socks have gps and whose shirts have a fitness tracker built into the bra.
Earlier in the year, according to conservative sources, Adelson gave close to $20 million to Crossroads gps.
Casino Tycoon Sheldon Adelson Takes $100 Million Gamble on GOP Senate | Peter Stone | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2010, for instance, the RJC sent a $4 million check to Crossroads gps.
Casino Tycoon Sheldon Adelson Takes $100 Million Gamble on GOP Senate | Peter Stone | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Cellular telephony places us on the map of the world as precisely as the global positioning system (gps) deployed on satellites.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
British Dictionary definitions for GPS
global positioning system
(in Australia) Great Public Schools; used of a group of mainly nonstate schools, and of sporting competitions between them
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Scientific definitions for GPS
Abbreviation of Global Positioning System
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