: 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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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
Weier is also subject to 24/7 GPS tracking and is mandated to continue psychiatric treatment.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
Finally, there are at least two internet and GPS satellite constellations planned to orbit the Moon a few years from now.
—Martin Elvis, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
At closer range, both the Russian and Ukrainian armies employ mobile electronic jammers to deflect explosive drones, which use GPS to home in on their targets.
—Vladyslav Golovin, New York Times, 25 May 2024
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Noun
Six days after Perez made his initial call to police — and four days after Papa Tom was located — police obtained yet another search warrant, this one to place a GPS device on Perez’s car.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
Weier is also subject to 24/7 GPS tracking and is mandated to continue psychiatric treatment.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
Finally, there are at least two internet and GPS satellite constellations planned to orbit the Moon a few years from now.
—Martin Elvis, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
At closer range, both the Russian and Ukrainian armies employ mobile electronic jammers to deflect explosive drones, which use GPS to home in on their targets.
—Vladyslav Golovin, New York Times, 25 May 2024
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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