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GPS en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒiˈpi.es/ (US)

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of global positioning system (“any satellite navigation system”).
    • "But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want drones near their house, it can cause drones to get completely lost and shoot off in a random direction until they run out of battery. 2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 29:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of GPS receiver.
  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any satellite navigation receiver.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Goodpasture syndrome.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of geometric product specifications.
    • The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has adopted a broader definition of GPS that includes specifications as well as verification (using measurements) of allowable geometric variations in a product. 2019, Vijay Srinivasan, CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering:
    • GPS is the foundation for manufacturing and international trade. 2024, Henrik S. Nielsen, The ISO Geometrical Product Specifications Handbook:
    • The fundamental rules of ISO/GPS given in ISO 8015 apply to this document and the default decision rules given in ISO 14253-1 apply to the specifications made in accordance with this document, unless otherwise indicated. 2021, ISO 22081:2021. Geometrical product specifications (GPS) — Geometrical tolerancing — General geometrical specifications and general size specifications:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
GPSes Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

GPS drawing · GPS art · GPS receiver

Translations (19)

es GPS (Global Positioning System) · fr GPS (Global Positioning System) · pt GPS (Global Positioning System) · mi PKT (Global Positioning System) · th จีพีเอส (Global Positioning System) · sv GPS (Global Positioning System) · pl GPS (Global Positioning System) · cmn 全球定位系統 /全球定位系统 (Global Positioning System) · da GPS (Global Positioning System) · wa cir-moennaedje (Global Positioning System) · ru GPS (Global Positioning System) · wa mostere-voye (Global Positioning System) · mi pūnaha kimi taunga (Global Positioning System) · fi GPS (Global Positioning System) · nb GPS (Global Positioning System) · sjo ᡪᡞ ᡦᡞ ᠠᡞᠰ (Global Positioning System) · gl GPS (Global Positioning System) · de GPS (Global Positioning System) · eo tutmonda loktrova sistemo (Global Positioning System)

wikidata: Q1486497 · wikidata: Q179435

Source: en.wiktionary, “GPS” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

GPS en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒiˈpi.es/ (US)

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:navigation) Initialism of Global Positioning System (“a U.S. military-based satellite navigation system”).
    • A TIGER, a bear and a T-Rex dinosaur are among the GPS art created by a runner. 2022 September 20, Toby Donegan-Cross, “Runner creates amazing GPS art of a tiger, a bear and a T-Rex”, in The Sun:
    • Since then he has been an Consultant Engineer within INMOS, specialising in GPS and satcomms applications of the transputer. 1992, S. Noguchi, H. Umeo, editors, Transputer/Occam Japan 4, page 137:
    • While it is easy to dismiss GPS art as nothing more than the misuse of a system meant to provide information, the spatial intelligence required to create these works is something to admire (Farman, 2014). 2017, Daniel Ness, Stephen J. Farenga, Salvatore G. Garofalo, Spatial Intelligence […] , Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 64:

Coordinates

Galileo · GLONASS · Beidou

Hypernyms

GPS/global positioning system · satellite navigation system

Synonyms

Navstar · NavStar

wikidata: Q18822

Source: en.wiktionary, “GPS” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

GPS en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /d͡ʒiˈpi.es/ (US)

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To locate something using a GPS system.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
GPSes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
GPSed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
GPSed Tense=Past lexicographic
GPSing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic