: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 June 2024
But in 2024, police have far too many safer alternatives, including tracking by GPS, to put civilians in grave danger unless under the most perilous of circumstances.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
One student who was helping take photos and videos and noting GPS locations revealed that her father came to the U.S. from the Basque Country to work as a sheepherder.
—Cheryl Oestreicher, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
Ferguson remains free on $1-million bail with GPS and alcohol monitoring restrictions.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
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Noun
About 20 sites on the volcano’s slopes and the two paths identified as most at risk of a lahar now feature broadband seismometers that transmit real-time data and other sensors including trip wires, infrasound sensors, web cameras and GPS receivers.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 June 2024
But in 2024, police have far too many safer alternatives, including tracking by GPS, to put civilians in grave danger unless under the most perilous of circumstances.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
One student who was helping take photos and videos and noting GPS locations revealed that her father came to the U.S. from the Basque Country to work as a sheepherder.
—Cheryl Oestreicher, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
Ferguson remains free on $1-million bail with GPS and alcohol monitoring restrictions.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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