Meanings
gis1
- alternativeslanguncountablebiologyAlternative spelling of jizz.
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 […]
1988 April 8, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader
gis2
- alternativecontractionAlternative form of gi's.
GIS3
plural GISs
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of generalized iterative scaling.
- abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of geographic information science.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of geospatial information system or initialism of geographic information system (“computer-based system to analyse and present spatial data”).
GIs4
- pluralplural of GI
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of GI
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouninformation system for geographical information
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the military term GIS, "general impression and shape".
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Cite this entry
gis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gis
“gis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gis.
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