GPS

noun

a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver

• Syn: ↑Global Positioning System

• Hypernyms: ↑navigational system

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I. abbreviation

Usage: often not capitalized

gallons per second

II. \\ˌjē(ˌ)pēˈes\ noun

Etymology: Germanlobal Positioning System

: a navigational system using satellite signals to fix the location of a radio receiver on or above the earth's surface ; also : a radio receiver so used

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Global Positioning System. See NAVSTAR Global Positioning System.

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abbrev

Global Positioning System

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GPS UK [ˌdʒiː piː ˈes] US [ˌdʒi pi ˈes] noun [uncountable]

global positioning system: a system for finding exactly where you are anywhere in the world using satellites (=objects that go around the earth high in the sky)

Thesaurus: radio, radar and sonar signals_hyponym well-known television and radio programmes and characters_hyponym

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g.p.s.,

gallons per second.

GPS or G.P.S.

= Global Positioning System. (Cf. ↑Global Positioning System)

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abbr. Global Positioning System, an accurate worldwide navigational and surveying facility based on the reception of signals from an array of orbiting satellites

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/ˌʤiːˌpiːˈɛs/ noun [noncount]

: a radio system that uses signals from satellites to tell you where you are and to give you directions to other places

The car comes with GPS.

◇ GPS is an abbreviation of “Global Positioning System.”

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GPS 7 [GPS] [ˌdʒiː piː ˈes] [ˌdʒiː piː ˈes] abbreviation

global positioning system (a system by which signals are sent from ↑satellites to a special device, used to show the position of a person or thing on the surface of the earth very accurately)

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The drivers all have GPS in the van.

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She switched on the GPS system before she left the airport.

compare ↑satnav