gps

«gps» in Mova's school dictionary: Abbreviation of Global Positioning System: a system using… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (GPS — abbreviation, usually uncountable; a GPS, GPSs)

meaning for a pupil

1) Abbreviation of Global Positioning System: a system using satellites to show exactly where you are on Earth. tree →

2) A device or app that uses this to give directions: Turn on the GPS. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life cars and phones use GPS for maps and directions; in science and geography GPS uses signals from satellites to find latitude and longitude; in safety lessons GPS helps rescuers find lost walkers. Phrases: «GPS tracker», «turn on the GPS», «GPS coordinates».

examples

• The GPS told us to turn left at the lights. tree →
• Hikers use GPS so they don't get lost. tree →
• The phone's GPS showed our location on the map. tree →
• GPS works using satellites in space. tree →
• The dog has a GPS tracker on its collar. tree →
• Rescuers used GPS coordinates to find the boat. tree →

note

Written in capitals: GPS. Say each letter «G-P-S». «A GPS» (not «an»), because G starts with a «jee» sound. Sometimes called «the sat nav» in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

In the corpora

• Scientists put small GPS trackers on storks and found they use the same routes as their parents and stop at the same places.
• Today satellites measure plate movement directly: GPS stations show Europe and North America moving apart about 2.5 cm a year.
• A drone flies with four or more small rotors spinning at different speeds, and some hold their place in the air using GPS.
• GPS works like a game of listening.
• Each GPS satellite keeps perfect time with an atomic clock and keeps calling out the time.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gps» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.