contraction, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of gas injection system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
2. 2
   plural of GI form-of, plural
3. 3
   Alternative spelling of jizz. alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable

   "Applied to birding, the gis approach involves a deemphasis of separate field marks in favor of the gestalt, the essence that tells us a dog is a dog […]"

4. 4
   information system for geographical information wordnet
5. 5
   Initialism of geographic information science. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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6. 6
   Initialism of geographic information system (“computer-based system to analyse and present spatial data”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of GI form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Contraction

1. 1
   Alternative form of gi's. alt-of, alternative, contraction

Synonyms

All synonyms

geographic information system

Example

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"For further details, call Gisèle."

Etymology

From the military term GIS, "general impression and shape".

Related phrases

information scienceinformation systems

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