gps
/d͡ʒiˈpi.es/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.03 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Initialism of Global Positioning System (“a U.S. military-based satellite navigation system”).
noun
Initialism of global positioning system (“any satellite navigation system”).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
plural of GP
Example Sentences
- "Since then he has been an Consultant Engineer within INMOS, specialising in GPS and satcomms applications of the transputer."
- "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)."
- "A TIGER, a bear and a T-Rex dinosaur are among the GPS art created by a runner."
- ""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."
- "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."
- "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."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /d͡ʒiˈpi.es/