gps

/G IY1 P IY0 EH1 S/
verb
  1. 1

    (transitive) To locate something using a GPS system.

noun
  1. 1

    (cartography) Initialism of global positioning system (โ€œsatellite navigation systemโ€). [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.]

  2. 2

    (navigation) Initialism of Global Positioning System (โ€œa U.S. military-based satellite navigation systemโ€). [(cartography) A system which enables a mobile receiver to determine its precise location based on signals received from a constellation of US military satellites.]

  3. 3

    Ellipsis of GPS receiver. [An audiovisual device, fitted to a civilian road vehicle, that uses the military Global Positioning System (U.S. Navstar system) as an aid to navigation.]

  4. 4

    Initialism of Goodpasture syndrome. [A rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the basement membrane in lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs, glomerulonephritis, and kidney failure.]