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locator

locator

20 3.7
A tool that finds and shows the place of a person or thing
  • noun
  • /loʊˈkeɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : localizador
  • Her GPS locator is off.
  • Uniform Resource Locator
  • Uniform Resource Locator
  • Resource Locator

Now, I've kind of partnered with them on a few things, but they do not only sell Dryad products, but they have a doctor locator which can get very comprehensive.

Examples

  • It is a satellite locator, works around the world.

    The Defender (2004)

  • ICE has this online detainee locator system where you can check on the status of someone who's been detained.

  • - Got your locator on?

    Snake Eyes (1998)

  • - Turn off your locator.

    The Sentinel (2006)

  • Most rentals do have a locator system in them.

    Midnight Show (2016)

  • The truck he rented had a standard GPS locator...

    The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

  • You can toss that in and then you have GPS locator tracking on your equipment.

  • I had a lock on Kate's locator, but the signal keeps breaking up.

    Survivor (2015)

  • Deane holds up a small device called a locator implant.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The hiker used a GPS locator to find their way back to the campsite.

Compounds

uniform resource locator
  • Texting
1 3.8

An address you type or click to open a page on the internet

universal resource locator
  • Texting
4.2

A web address you type into a browser to open a page or file

How Accurate

GPS
  • Specialized
205 2.6
locator
  • Specialized
20 3.7
beacon
66 4.3

Surface Forms

locator singular
locators plural

Morphology

locator = locate (transparent) = locate + or

Standard agent/instrument nominalization from 'locate' (one that locates or a device that performs locating), a productive and semantically regular formation.

Etymology

Locator comes from the Latin root loc- (from locus) meaning 'place' and a part -or that means 'one who'. So a locator is something that finds or shows a place, which is why we call devices or apps that find your position 'locators'.