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georeferencing

georeferencing is the present participle and gerund of georeference.

Meaning of georeference

Verb

georeference (third-person singular simple present georeferences, present participle georeferencing, simple past and past participle georeferenced)

  1. (transitive) To reference a location using a coordinate reference system.
    • It's difficult to georeference an image onto a map.

See all 2 meanings of georeference

Noun

georeferencing (uncountable)

  1. location using a coordinate system

Questions about georeferencing

What does georeferencing mean?
Georeferencing means location using a coordinate system.
What is georeferencing the present participle and gerund of?
Georeferencing is the present participle and gerund of georeference.
What part of speech is georeferencing?
Georeferencing is a noun.

Words near georeferencing in the dictionary

  1. georeference
  2. georeferenced
  3. georeferencer
  4. georeferencers
  5. georeferences
  6. georeferencing
  7. georeferentiation
  8. georegion
  9. georegional
  10. georegions
  11. georegister

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Adapted from Wiktionary: georeferencing (page history and authors); georeference (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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