: a navigational system using satellite signals to fix the location of a radio receiver on or above the earth's surface
also
: the radio receiver so used
gallons per second
Examples of GPS in a Sentence
Noun
The car comes with GPS.
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Charles Beames, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The equipment includes a device that’s testing out how GPS services might be used in orbit and on the lunar surface, a vacuum that will aim to suck up soil, and a telescope that will observe how Earth’s protective magnetic field, also known as the magnetosphere, responds to space weather.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
The app can be connected to the smart telescope over NFC or through the app itself – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS/location options need to be enabled on the handset.
—New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
The map shows watersheds where at least one wolf wearing a GPS collar was tracked between Jan. 21 and Tuesday.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2025
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There’s lots to do now, including lunar subsurface drilling, radiation tolerant computing, and even GPS signal detection from twice as far away as has ever been demonstrated before.
—Charles Beames, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The equipment includes a device that’s testing out how GPS services might be used in orbit and on the lunar surface, a vacuum that will aim to suck up soil, and a telescope that will observe how Earth’s protective magnetic field, also known as the magnetosphere, responds to space weather.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
The app can be connected to the smart telescope over NFC or through the app itself – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS/location options need to be enabled on the handset.
—New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
The map shows watersheds where at least one wolf wearing a GPS collar was tracked between Jan. 21 and Tuesday.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2025
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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