gps

1. pluralplural of gp

1. abbreviationinitialismnavigationInitialism 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

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   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

   Synonyms: NavStar, Navstar

plural GPSes

1. abbreviationbroadlycountableinitialismuncountableInitialism 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. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of GPS receiver.
3. broadlycountableuncountableAny satellite navigation receiver.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Goodpasture syndrome.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of geometric product specifications.

   GPS is the foundation for manufacturing and international trade.

   2024, Henrik S. Nielsen, The ISO Geometrical Product Specifications Handbook

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   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

   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

present singular third person GPSes · participle present GPSing · participle past GPSed · past GPSed

1. transitiveTo locate something using a GPS system.

1. pluralplural of GP