Gps (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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  1. gallons per second.
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  1. 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.
    • 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.
  1. 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.
  2. to equip with a GPS system:My new Honda is GPSed.
verb (used without object) GPSed or GPS'd, GPS·ing.
  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.
abbreviation for
  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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