: 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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Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Built by L3Harris, it’s funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and potential replacement technology for GPS. USSF-106 is the 2nd of two NSSF Phase 2 contracts awarded to ULA in 2020 originally targeting a launch by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 (FY22).
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, her colleague holds a wet test strip in the air to measure the habitat’s ammonia level, and another researcher checks GPS readings and records the location on a map of Denmark.
—Paulina Rowińska, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
And below the old-school gauges in the dash, a wide-format touchscreen adds in modern tech like GPS, performance metrics, and audio options.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Little to no foley of the car, few to no anchoring shots of the road from inside the car, and a purposely simplistic GPS—suggesting tongue in cheek that the parents are in uncharted territory—conspire to keep us on edge.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Built by L3Harris, it’s funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and potential replacement technology for GPS. USSF-106 is the 2nd of two NSSF Phase 2 contracts awarded to ULA in 2020 originally targeting a launch by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022 (FY22).
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, her colleague holds a wet test strip in the air to measure the habitat’s ammonia level, and another researcher checks GPS readings and records the location on a map of Denmark.
—Paulina Rowińska, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
And below the old-school gauges in the dash, a wide-format touchscreen adds in modern tech like GPS, performance metrics, and audio options.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for GPS
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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