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How to pronounce locator in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms locater
Type of surveyor
Derivation locate

Examples of locator

locator
He activated his personal locator beacon to let authorities know he needed help.
From the sacbee.com
That led MasterCard to place more emphasis on what it calls its locator service.
From the forbes.com
The device has a hot-spot locator database, but a number of states were missing.
From the usatoday.com
This article needs a locator showing the position of the territory in the world.
From the en.wikipedia.org
We just used the Starbucks store locator app and got bad cofee and better wifi.
From the avc.com
Locator beacons aboard the vessels alerted rescuers to their position, Lyne said.
From the al.com
Of course, he passed on a GPS locator, claiming real men don't need directions.
From the miamiherald.com
Wireless carriers also offer locator services that hook up family cell phones.
From the sacbee.com
But if you must try this thing out, head over to this page for a locator tool.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • A person who fixes the boundaries of land claims
  • (Locators) Common nickname for depthfinders since they will often display images of fish as they pass over them.
  • (LOCATORS) OP-20-G and SIS [US Army Cryptanalytic Agency] machines built for identifying locations of code items, but not for counting or tallying. Built during WWII.
  • Person employed to find unappropriated land for patenting; may receive as much as 1/3 of the acreage as payment "if the patent is not declared void".
  • In a printed index, a locator is a page number that comes after a heading or a subheading, and which tells a reader where to find information about the heading or the subheading. In an online index, no page number exists. Instead, the heading or the subheading is a hyperlink.
  • This term denotes an attribute or set of attributes by which a database record (or set of records) can be identified. This can include postal code details.
  • Device for positioning terminals, splices, or contacts into crimping dies, positioner, or turret heads.
  • The electronic instrument used to determine the position and strength of electro-magnetic signals emitted from a transmitter in the pilot head of a boring system, in an impact moling tool, or from existing services which have been energized.
  • A person charged with determining and marking the approximate horizontal location of underground pipeline that may exist within an area either specified by a notice served on a notification center or designated by white-lining.