gps

¹

or GPS, g.p.s.

abbreviation for

1. gallons per second.

GPS

²

[ jee-pee-es ]

abbreviation for

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 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.

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 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.

GPS

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

GPS

1. Abbreviation of Global Positioning System

Word History and Origins

Origin of gps¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Then in January 2022, court records say, Deputy 1 got a judge to approve a warrant for GPS location information needed to track several cellphones — including one that belonged to Zelocchi.

From Los Angeles Times

Sadat requested that Iza be temporarily released to his parents — who were present in the courtroom — and placed on GPS monitoring so that he could obtain the surgery more quickly.

From Los Angeles Times

"Our goal is to build a map of the brain's 'GPS system.' This will not only increase our knowledge of how we navigate our world and form memories of it, but also help identify specific brain cells and their pathways contributing to various disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and develop treatments that target them."

From Science Daily

The license plate readers are manufactured by Motorola Solutions and, like most others, can detect a vehicle’s make, model and color, while recording the GPS location, date and time.

From Los Angeles Times

Two GPs arrived, but Mrs MacKinnon said: "They were trying to tend to the wounds, but there was too much blood."

From BBC