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gps
1abbreviation 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)
- 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)
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of gps1
Example Sentences
The parents-of-three, who live in Hengoed, Caerphilly, said Ms Allen-Wyatt told them a GPS tracker would measure Willow's metrics, which she would then compare against children on the Aston Villa Academy database.
The GPS sensor provides the exact location of the tagged individual at a specific point in time.
In a second step, the scientists combined the behaviour thus classified with the GPS data from the tags.
The transfer of all GPS and ACC raw data is no longer necessary, allowing data communication with a significantly lower bandwidth to transmit the relevant information.
Until today, the scientists analysed more than 95 million GPS data points and 13 billion ACC records.
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