gps

IPA: gˈipiˈɛs

Root Word: GPS

(navigation) Initialism of Global Positioning System (“U.S. military-based satellite navigation 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.]
(cartography) Initialism of global positioning system (“satellite navigation 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.]
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.]

Examples of "gps" in Sentences

Correcting a GPS receiver's clock.
A GPS will be required to locate it.
The only time I use a gps is on the water or driving.
This is a major win for the GPS industry and for GPS consumers.
Either of these maps can be uploaded to a Garmin gps using MapSource.
The tape on the briefcase containing the GPS's was clearly shown torn.
Plus, usually Mimi drives and I am the navigator so the need for verbal directions from the gps is much less.
Company detectives have also been making covert use of GPS devices to follow employees suspected of theft or malingering.
When he reported the crime to the police, he mentioned that his car had a built in gps system and thus was traceable as to its whereabouts.
Again, I understand that this idea would be very expensive and maybe never reasonable, but how about having shot with built in gps reciever that would be activated when shot out of gun.