EMPLACEMENT

placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement

(noun) the act of putting something in a certain place

emplacement

(noun) military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

emplacement (plural emplacements)

An installation that houses a military weapon.

A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.

(geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.

Source: Wiktionary


Em*place"ment, n. [Cf. F. emplacement.]

Definition: A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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