GPS — meaning in English
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English meaning
- GPS noun A satellite-based system used to determine a precise location on Earth (short for Global Positioning System).
Senses
GPS is used for these senses in English:
- GPS (cartography) Initialism of global positioning system (“satellite navigation system”).
- Global Positioning System (cartography) A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.
- global positioning system Any system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from satellites such as those of the US military, the Russian GLONASS system, or the proposed Galileo European alternative system.
GPS — full definition
- noun A satellite-based system used to determine a precise location on Earth (short for Global Positioning System).
- verb To find or track the location of something using GPS.