: 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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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
Use 2933 Farmhouse Way as the GPS address.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
On two occasions within the last year, the Space Force asked SpaceX to launch a GPS navigation satellite with just a few months of lead time to prepare for the mission.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) stated in its file that Kovrizhynkh’s mother received a photograph of a letter along with GPS coordinates in Potrero on July 5.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
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Noun
According to the company's website, the Halo collar uses GPS to create wireless fences and includes real-time tracking through a smartphone app.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
Use 2933 Farmhouse Way as the GPS address.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2025
On two occasions within the last year, the Space Force asked SpaceX to launch a GPS navigation satellite with just a few months of lead time to prepare for the mission.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) stated in its file that Kovrizhynkh’s mother received a photograph of a letter along with GPS coordinates in Potrero on July 5.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
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“GPS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GPS. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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