Dictionary Definition
marker
Noun
1 some conspicuous object used to distinguish or
mark something; "the buoys were markers for the channel"
3 a writing implement for making a mark
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
Synonyms
Translations
object to mark location
- French: marqueur
something that marks
- French: marqueur
pen
- French: marqueur
- Greek: μαρκαδόρος (markadóros)
note of debt
fires a paintball
- French: marqueur
- Greek: μαρκαδόρος (markadóros)
Extensive Definition
Marker may refer to:
- Marker (film), an Action movie with Steven Seagal
- Marker (alpine bindings), a company specializing in bindings
- Marker (linguistics), a morpheme that indicates some grammatical function
- Marker (telecommunications), a special-purpose computer
- Marker (TV series), a 1995 American drama on UPN
- Marker, Norway
- An set of sewing pattens tightly arranged within a rectangle that is placed over cloth to be cut.
In biology
- Biomarker, a substance used as an indicator of a biologic state
- Genetic marker or DNA marker, used to identify a gene
- Molecular marker, a molecule with specific uses
Others
- Historical marker, a plaque erected at historically significant locations
- Marker pen, a felt-tipped pen used for drawing and/or coloring
- Paintball marker or paintball gun, an air gun
- Russell Earl Marker (1902-1995), American chemist
- Surface marker buoy, to mark a diver's position while underwater
- Taggant, a chemical or physical marker added to materials
- Marker beacon, a beacon used in aviation
- Casino Marker, line of credit extended by a casino or cardroom
See also
marker in German: Marker
marker in French: Marqueur
marker in Dutch: Marker
marker in Japanese: マーカー
marker in Polish: Marker
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accountant, amanuensis, arch, archivist, barrow, beacon, beam, bench mark, bookkeeper, bookmark, boundary stone,
brass, bust, cairn, catstone, cenotaph, clerk, column, cromlech, cross, cup, cyclolith, documentalist, dolmen, engraver, fan marker, filing
clerk, flare path, footstone, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, landmark, librarian, lighthouse, lightship, mark, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch,
memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, milepost, milestone, monolith, monument, mound, necrology, notary, notary public, obelisk, obituary, pharos, pillar, plaque, platform, prize, prothonotary, pylon, pyramid, racon, radar beacon, radio beacon,
record clerk, recorder,
recordist, register, registrar, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, scorekeeper, scorer, scribe, scrivener, seamark, secretary, shaft, shrine, stela, stenographer, stone, stonecutter, stupa, tablet, testimonial, timekeeper, tomb, tombstone, tope, tower, trophy, watchtower, wind cone, wind
indicator, wind sock