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emplacement
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun emplacement has 2 senses
- emplacement(n = noun.artifact) Array - military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon; Array has particulars: gun emplacement, weapons emplacement
- emplacement(n = noun.act) locating, location, placement, position, positioning - the act of putting something in a certain place; Array is a kind of activity
is a kind of military installation
Derived form verb emplace1
has particulars: stratification, apposition, collocation, juxtaposition, interposition, intervention, orientation, planting, implantation, repositioning, set, superposition, fingering, superposition
Derived form verb emplace2
CIDE DICTIONARY
emplacement, n. [Cf. F. emplacement.].
A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
emplacement, n.
1 the act or an instance of putting in position.
2 a platform or defended position where a gun is placed for firing.
3 situation, position.
1 the act or an instance of putting in position.
2 a platform or defended position where a gun is placed for firing.
3 situation, position.
Etymology
F (as EN-(1), PLACE)
THESAURUS
emplacement
abode, allocation, area, assignment, balcony, bearings, bench mark, catafalque, collocation, dais, deployment, deposit, deposition, disposition, district, estrade, floor, gallery, heliport, hole, hustings, lading, landing, landing pad, landing stage, latitude and longitude, launching pad, lieu, loading, locale, locality, localization, locating, location, locus, packing, pinpoint, pinpointing, place, placement, placing, platform, podium, point, position, positioning, posting, pulpit, putting, region, reposition, rostrum, site, situation, situs, soapbox, spot, spotting, stage, stationing, stead, step terrace, storage, stowage, stump, terrace, tribunal, tribune, whereabout, whereabouts
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