Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A warning on a navigational chart indicating a possible rock, shoal, or other hazard, the exact position of which is unknown.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrographical warning on a chart, to denote that the pinnacle of a rock, or a shoal, may exist thereabout.
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- noun nautical A
warning on a navigational chart indicating a possiblereef or otherhazard of unknown exactlocation .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Spanish vigía, from Portuguese vigia, from vigiar, to look out, from Latin vigilāre; see vigilante.]
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Spanish vigía ("watch, lookout"), from Portuguese vigia, ultimately from Latin vigilare.
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Examples
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Gostaria antes de sublinhar a cada vez maior importância que as organizações dão ao instalar de software que vigia de forma oculta as actividades dos seus funcionários.
Leituras Artur 2008
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BBC | Dutch open 'Big Brother' jail Uma prisão high tech em que quem vigia os prisoneiros são computadores e não guardas.
Novas Artur 2006
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