gis

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Alternative spelling of jizz.

CommonScrabble 4

Meanings

gis1

noungis (uncountable)
  1. 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

contraction
  1. alternativecontractionAlternative form of gi's.

GIS3

nounGIS (countable and uncountable, plural GISs)

plural GISs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableautomotiveInitialism of gas injection system.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of generalized iterative scaling.
  3. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of geographic information science.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of geospatial information system or initialism of geographic information system (“computer-based system to analyse and present spatial data”).
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegeographyInitialism of Greenland ice sheet.

    Synonyms: GrIS

GIs4

noun
  1. pluralplural of GI
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of GI

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nouninformation system for geographical information

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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APA

gis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gis

MLA

“gis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gis.

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