: 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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Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Despite his 6-3, 350-pound-frame, the Michigan defensive tackle still managed to hit 18.75 miles per hour on the GPS as well as press a 115-pound dumbbell more than two dozen times with either hand, according to Feldman.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
And of course, neither ground stations nor GPS would work for gauging the speed of spacecraft orbiting other planets.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 May 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, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
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Noun
This geospatial oracle system can operate even if GPS satellites or centralized mapping servers go down.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Despite his 6-3, 350-pound-frame, the Michigan defensive tackle still managed to hit 18.75 miles per hour on the GPS as well as press a 115-pound dumbbell more than two dozen times with either hand, according to Feldman.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
And of course, neither ground stations nor GPS would work for gauging the speed of spacecraft orbiting other planets.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 May 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, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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