Definitions

Global Positioning System

NOUN

direction finder

Synonyms

WEAK

GPS high-frequency direction finder huff-duff radio direction finder

Example Sentences

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Do you think GPS alternatives can ever be as accurate as the original Global Positioning System?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

GPS - the Global Positioning System - comprises many small satellites orbiting the Earth.

From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2025

Global Positioning System, from China’s expanding antisatellite arsenal.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023

Pop quiz: Who gave us the beloved Global Positioning System that renders a sense of direction obsolete?

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022

Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System.

From Salon • May 21, 2022