gps

¹

Or GPS,

abbreviation

1. gallons per second.

GPS

²

[jee-pee-es]

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.

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

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

GPS

1. Abbreviation of Global Positioning System

Word History and Origins

Origin of gps¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Mr Lakanwal was a GPS tracker specialist, the former commander told the BBC, describing him as a "sporty and jolly character".

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Gripes ranged from the new colour scheme for the rain radar, to furious farmers and fishermen who could no longer put in GPS coordinates to find forecasts for a specific location.

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Mr Maughan, a father of two, said the gang cut out GPS systems from vehicles on the farms, including from his combine harvester.

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Because radio and GPS signals cannot easily pass through seawater, sonobuoys are vital to modern naval detection systems and they are routinely used by navies during exercises and operations.

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When GPS has become so untrustworthy we need the help of quantum physics.

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