aligning, positioning
(adjective) causing to fall into line or into position
placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
(noun) the act of putting something in a certain place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
positioning
present participle of position
positioning (plural positionings)
The act of positioning; placement.
Source: Wiktionary
Po*si"tion, n. Etym: [F. position, L. positio, fr. ponere, positum, to put, place; prob. for posino, fr. an old preposition used only in comp. (akin to Gr. sinere to leave, let, permit, place. See Site, and cf. Composite, Compound, v., Depone, Deposit, Expound, Impostor, Opposite, Propound, Pose, v., Posit, Post, n.]
1. The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position. We have different prospects of the same thing, according to our different positions to it. Locke.
2. The spot where a person or thing is placed or takes a place; site; place; station; situation; as, the position of man in creation; the fleet changed its position.
3. Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position. Let not the proof of any position depend on the positions that follow, but always on those which go before. I. Watts.
4. Relative place or standing; social or official rank; as, a person of position; hence, office; post; as, to lose one's position.
5. (Arith.)
Definition: A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error. Angle of position (Astron.), the angle which any line (as that joining two stars) makes with another fixed line, specifically with a circle of declination.
– Double position (Arith.), the method of solving problems by proceeding with each of two assumed numbers, according to the conditions of the problem, and by comparing the difference of the results with those of the numbers, deducing the correction to be applied to one of them to obtain the true result.
– Guns of position (Mil.), heavy fieldpieces, not designed for quick movements.
– Position finder (Mil.), a range finder. See under Range.
– Position micrometer, a micrometer applied to the tube of an astronomical telescope for measuring angles of position in the field of view.
– Single position (Arith.), the method of solving problems, in which the result obtained by operating with an assumed number is to the true result as the number assumed is to the number required.
– Strategic position (Mil.), a position taken up by an army or a large detachment of troops for the purpose of checking or observing an opposing force.
Syn.
– Situation; station; place; condition; attitude; posture; proposition; assertion; thesis.
Po*si"tion, v. t.
Definition: To indicate the position of; to place. [R.] Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 April 2025
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
