balise
Meanings
Noun
1. beacon (e.g., a signal fire)
2. beacon (aeronautics)
3. tag (element of code) (computing)
4. buoy, seamark (nautical)
5. blaze, waymark, mark, marking (hiking)
6. control point (orienteering)
Examples2
La police a installé une balise GPS sur la voiture de Tom.
The police put a GPS tracker on Tom's car.
On ne peut pas réaliser l'impossible, mais il nous sert de balise.
We cannot achieve the impossible, but it serves us as a beacon.