emplacement

Other forms: emplacements

Definitions of emplacement

1. noun

   the act of putting something in a certain place
   synonyms: locating, location, placement, position, positioning

   types:

   stratification

   the placing of seeds in damp sand or sawdust or peat moss in order to preserve them or promote germination

   apposition, collocation, juxtaposition

   the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

   interposition, intervention

   the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others

   orientation

   the act of orienting

   planting

   the act of fixing firmly in place

   implantation

   the act of planting or setting in the ground

   repositioning

   the act of placing in a new position

   set

   the act of putting something in position

   superposition

   the placement of one thing on top of another

   fingering

   the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

   superposition

   (geometry) the placement of one object ideally in the position of another one in order to show that the two coincide

   tessellation

   the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern

   type of:

   activity

   any specific behavior
2. noun

   military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon
   types:

   gun emplacement, weapons emplacement

   an emplacement for a gun

   nest

   a kind of gun emplacement

   pillbox

   a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete)

   type of:

   military installation

   any facility servicing military forces