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View synonyms for gps
gps
1or GPS, g.p.s.
abbreviation 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)
, GPSed or GPS'd, GPS·ing.
- 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)
, GPSed or GPS'd, GPS·ing.
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gps1
First recorded in 1970–75
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