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gps

or GPS, g.p.s.

abbreviation for

gallons per second.

GPS

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

abbreviation for

Global Positioning System:
1. a global system of U.S. navigational satellites developed to provide precise positional and velocity data and global time synchronization for air, sea, and land travel.
2. an electronic system that uses these satellites to determine the position of a vehicle, person, etc.:
  School buses will be equipped with GPS.
3. Also called GPS re·ceiv·er [jee, -, pee, -, es, ree-, see, -ver]. a receiver that determines its position by analyzing the satellite signals it receives:
  With the GPS in a smartphone, a utilities maintenance crew can navigate to within a few feet of a water meter.

verb (used with object)

GPSed or GPS'd, GPSing.

to locate, track, or map by using a GPS system: The trail was scouted and GPSed by volunteers.
My dad asked me to GPS the nearest gas station.
The trail was scouted and GPSed by volunteers.
to equip with a GPS system:
My new Honda is GPSed.

verb (used without object)

GPSed or GPS'd, GPSing.

to use a GPS system to get to a place:
With two hours to kill in an unfamiliar area, I GPSed to a shopping center.

GPS

abbreviation for

global positioning system
(in Australia) Great Public Schools; used of a group of mainly nonstate schools, and of sporting competitions between them

GPS

Abbreviation of Global Positioning System

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of gps¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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"GPs are often the best way to access the help they need," she adds.

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The Crime and Policing Bill puts a new duty on teachers, GPs, and other professionals to report concerns or face criminal sanctions.

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GPs will work more closely with specialists to access expert advice quickly for patients with conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, menopause symptoms and ear infections.

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Called 'Advice and Guidance', the scheme links GPs and hospital specialists before patients are referred onto waiting lists, so that tests and treatments can be offered in the most convenient place.

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"It will take time to reverse the damaging neglect the NHS has suffered in recent years, but our Plan for Change is starting to deliver benefits for patients, with waiting lists cut by 219,000 since July, and 1,500 new GPs in post."

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