GPS
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2.6
- noun
- /ˌdʒiːˌpiːˈɛs/
- Specialized
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GPS
- Although run by the U.S. Department of Defense, the GPS provides navigational information to users the world over.
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- use GPS
- GPS navigation
You plug it into your off road GPS and then you go, go, go.
- You plug it into your off road GPS and then you go, go, go.
- And LORAN, the only backup to GPS, was discontinued last year.
- I can't see the bottom half of my GPS in the holder.
- So now you have like these multifunction displays, GPS with like moving map displays.
- You send up a satellite, GPS satellite, you're tracking it.
- OK, The system was giving incorrect GPS locations.
- There are other effects such as communication blackouts and GPS also gets disrupted.
- I have here a little GPS tracker.
- We would black out our weather satellites, GPS systems, telecommunications, the Internet.
- So driver can listen to maybe the GPS and some music.
- GPS kill it as the GPS make a left.
Examples
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GPS satellites transmit information in the form of radio waves to the GPS receiver held by the user.
Academic text (2011) -
We have clocks and GPS to tell us when and where we are.
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The GPS says to stay on this road.
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When a truck, for example, is operating along a flat, open landscape, GPS signals are received clearly.
Academic text (1994) -
Teachers can provide instruction on the use of GPS and navigational devices.
Academic text (2015) -
In addition, many smartphones are now equipped with GPS capabilities, negating the need to carry a separate device.
Academic text (2015) -
The GPS in my car provides accurate directions to any location.
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Before starting the hike, make sure your GPS is fully charged.
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Using a GPS device, we easily navigated through the unfamiliar city.
Synonyms
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3.4
A system that uses satellites to find the exact position of a device on Earth
How Autonomous
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- Specialized
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8.1
- Specialized
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7.7
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2.6
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Etymology
GPS stands for the words Global ('world'), Positioning ('finding a place'), and System ('a set of parts'). It was named because it uses satellites and computers to find your exact spot on Earth, so a GPS tells you exactly where you are.