Emplacement

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emplacement \Em*place"ment\, n. [Cf. F. emplacement.]
     A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place;
     localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  emplacement
       n 1: military installation consisting of a prepared position for
            siting a weapon
       2: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
          [syn: {placement}, {location}, {locating}, {position}, {positioning}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "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