GPS en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /d͡ʒiˈpi.es/ (US)
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of global positioning system (“any satellite navigation system”).
alt of global positioning 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:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of GPS receiver.
alt of GPS receiver
- (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any satellite navigation receiver.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Goodpasture syndrome.
alt of Goodpasture syndrome
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)