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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

geolocation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English location English geolocation From geo- + location.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The identification of geographic location, as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The latitude and longitude coordinates of a particular location. Term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC 19762-5:2008 (this standard has since been revised by ISO/IEC 19762:2016).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
geolocations Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

geolocational

Relateds

geolocate · geoblocking · geolocalise · geo-blocking · geolocalize

Synonyms

geopositioning · geolocalisation · geolocalization

Translations (14)

el γεωεντοπισμός (the identification of geographic location) · gl xeolocalización (the identification of geographic location) · ca geolocalització (the identification of geographic location) · de Geolokalisierung (the identification of geographic location) · pt georreferenciamento (the identification of geographic location) · ru геопозициони́рование (the identification of geographic location) · pt georreferenciação (the identification of geographic location) · it geolocalizzazione (the identification of geographic location) · pt geolocalização (the identification of geographic location) · ca localització geogràfica (the identification of geographic location) · fr géolocalisation (the identification of geographic location) · ka გეოლოკაცია (the identification of geographic location) · ru геолока́ция (the identification of geographic location) · es geolocalización (the identification of geographic location)