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GPS
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gps
English
Pronunciation
en /d͡ʒiˈpi.es/ US
Proper noun
en Q18822 en navigation en Global Positioning System a U.S. military-based satellite navigation system.
en NavStar Navstar
en GPS/global positioning system satellite navigation system
en Beidou Galileo GLONASS
en 1992 S. Noguchi; H. Umeo Transputer/Occam Japan 4 137 Since then he has been an Consultant Engineer within INMOS, specialising in GPS and satcomms applications of the transputer.
en 2017 Daniel Ness; Stephen J. Farenga; Salvatore G. Garofalo Spatial Intelligence: Why It Matters from Birth through the Lifespan Taylor & Francis 9781317531180 64 https://books.google.com/books?id=HC8lDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA64&dq=%22GPS+art%22&hl=&cd=12&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22GPS%20art%22&f=false 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).
en https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19869982/runner-gps-art-spinal-research/ Runner creates amazing GPS art of a tiger, a bear and a T-Rex 2022-09-20 Toby Donegan-Cross w:The Sun A TIGER, a bear and a T-Rex dinosaur are among the GPS art created by a runner.
Noun
~ es
en Q179435 en loosely en global positioning system any satellite navigation system.
en Navstar/NavStar/GPS/Global Positioning System BeiDou/Beidou Galileo GLONASS
en 2025 July 23 Paul Clifton Air force: drones' developing railway role RAIL 1040 29 "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.
en Q1486497en GPS receiver.
en any satnav receiver en loosely Any satellite navigation receiver.
en Goodpasture syndrome.
en geometric product specifications.
en 2019 Vijay Srinivasan CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-662-53120-4_16757 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.
en 2021 ISO 22081:2021. Geometrical product specifications (GPS) — Geometrical tolerancing — General geometrical specifications and general size specifications https://www.iso.org/standard/72514.html 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.
en 2024 Henrik S. Nielsen The ISO Geometrical Product Specifications Handbook https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100490.html GPS is the foundation for manufacturing and international trade. https://web.archive.org/web/20250725150651/https://www.iso.org/publication/PUB100490.html 25 July 2025
Derived terms
en GPS art GPS receiver GPS drawing
Translations
Global Positioning System
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 全球定位系統 quánqiú dìngwèi xìtǒng
Danish: da GPS c
Esperanto: eo tutmonda loktrova sistemo
Finnish: fi GPS
French: fr GPS m
Galician: gl GPS m
German: de GPS n
Māori: mi pūnaha kimi taunga, mi PKT
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb GPS m
Polish: pl GPS m
Portuguese: pt GPS m
Russian: ru GPS m
Spanish: es GPS m
Swedish: sv GPS
Thai: th จีพีเอส
Walloon: wa mostere-voye m receiver, wa cir-moennaedje m system
Xibe: sjo ᡪᡞ ᡦᡞ ᠠᡞᠰ ji pi ais
Verb
~es
en transitive To locate something using a GPS system.
Further reading
Anagrams
en gps GSP PGS PGs PSG Pgs SPG pgs pgs. sGP
en Space flight
Galician
gl:
Noun
m #
gl cartography en GPS, Global Positioning System
gl sistema de posicionamento global
gl technology GPS receiver, satnav
gl navegador GPS
German
Etymology 1
Noun
n,-.sg
GPS
Declension
n,-.sg
Further reading
Etymology 2
Proper noun
f
de Swiss politics de w:de:Grüne Partei der Schweiz Green Party of Switzerland
de SVP SP FDP GLP EVP EDU
Declension
f.sg
Japanese
Etymology
ja en GPS.
Pronunciation
ジーピーエス
Noun
ジー-ピー-エス
ja cartography en GPS
References
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Malay
Pronunciation
jipi.és
Proper noun
ms Malaysian politics ms w:ms:Gabungan Parti Sarawak Sarawak Parties Alliance
Polish
pl:
thumb|GPS
Etymology
pl :ubor en:GPS + 1
Pronunciation
dżi.pi'es,gie.pe'es G.P.S
Noun
m-in 1
pl uncountable space flight cartography navigation technology en GPS Global Positioning System; a system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites
pl countable colloquial space flight cartography navigation technology en GPS, GPS receiver audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation
pl nawigacja nawigator
Declension
s GPS GPS-y GPS-u GPS-ów GPS-owi GPS-om GPS GPS-y GPS-em GPS-ami GPS-ie GPS-ach GPS-ie GPS-y
or
Indeclinable.
Further reading
Portuguese
pt:
Pronunciation
gê-pê-ésse<q:initialism>
Etymology 1
pt :bor en:GPS + 1
Noun
m
pt uncountable en GPS global positioning system
GPS receiver
pt recetor GPS
pt Guiados por GPS de coleira, bombeiros resgatam cachorro de dentro do Cânion Fortaleza, em Cambará do Sul; veja vídeo Pioneiro GZH Grupo RBS Porto Alegre 2025-03-11 Pedro Zanrosso https://web.archive.org/web/20250323162419/https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/pioneiro/geral/noticia/2025/03/guiados-por-gps-de-coleira-bombeiros-resgatam-cachorro-de-dentro-do-canion-fortaleza-em-cambara-do-sul-veja-video-cm84w82xc001n0151xrawjt3r.html Para o resgate, os bombeiros utilizaram técnicas de rapel e contaram com a ajuda de um GPS, instalado na coleira do animal.
Etymology 2
Noun
f -
pt Brazil pt guia de previdência social
pt Aprenda como emitir a Guia da Previdência Social (GPS) no Meu INSS Thais Tenher 2023-12-21 Exame São Paulo https://web.archive.org/web/20240808133753/https://exame.com/brasil/guia-do-cidadao/aprenda-como-emitir-a-guia-da-previdencia-social-gps-online/ A guia da Previdência Social, também conhecida pela sigla GPS, é um velho conhecido do contribuinte brasileiro. O documento serve para o recolhimento das quantias referentes aos beneficiários do INSS.
Further reading
pt Space flight Cartography Navigation
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
gé pe ese +
Noun
m #
es cartography en GPS, Global Positioning System
es sistema de posicionamiento global
es technology GPS receiver, satnav
es navegador GPS
Further reading
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv gps
Etymology
sv en GPS. mid-1980s, probably.SO
Noun
c
sv cartography en GPS, Global Positioning System
sv technology GPS receiver, satnav
Declension
GPS:
Derived terms
sv gps:a track or mark with GPS verb
References
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