: 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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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the need for guidebooks has been all but replaced by apps such as Mountain Project, which has given climbers free access to all the beta, from GPS coordinates to recent updates about routes.
—Lynn Hill, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2025
Although storm alerts are issued before this happens, there's still a need for a longer lead time if there's a chance of impacts to different types of technological systems, including power grids, GPS, farming and air traffic.
—Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Phones use various signals to find your location, including cell tower pings, Wi-Fi access points, Bluetooth and GPS.
—Kelvin Chan, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
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Noun
His bond was originally set at $800,000, but it was recently dropped to $100 for each charge, for a total of $200, with the conditions that Morson wear a GPS monitor, remain under house arrest and not contact the family of the victim or potential witnesses, CBS Austin first reported.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the need for guidebooks has been all but replaced by apps such as Mountain Project, which has given climbers free access to all the beta, from GPS coordinates to recent updates about routes.
—Lynn Hill, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2025
Although storm alerts are issued before this happens, there's still a need for a longer lead time if there's a chance of impacts to different types of technological systems, including power grids, GPS, farming and air traffic.
—Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Phones use various signals to find your location, including cell tower pings, Wi-Fi access points, Bluetooth and GPS.
—Kelvin Chan, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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