colocación

Definitions of colocación
  1. noun
    the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
    synonyms: lugar, plaza, posición, puesta, puesto, sitio, ubicación
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    función, oficio, papel
    the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
  2. noun
    the act of putting something in a certain place
    synonyms: destino, emplazamiento, lugar, posicionado, sitio, situación, ubicación
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    yuxtaposición
    the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
    plantación, plantío
    the act of fixing firmly in place
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    actividad
    any specific behavior
  3. noun
    the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
    synonyms: emplazamiento, localización, lugar, posición, radicación, relación espacial, sitio, situación, ubicación
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    carne magra, inclinación, ladeo
    the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
    desnivel
    the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal
    casualidad
    the quality of occupying the same position or area in space
    centralidad
    the property of being central
    antelación
    the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head
    horizontalidad
    the quality of being parallel to the horizon
    sitio
    space for movement
    dirección
    the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
    declive, inclinación
    degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
    brusquedad
    the property possessed by a slope that is very steep
    blandura, gradualidad, suavidad
    the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual
    angulación
    the point of view of a camera
    disposición
    the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them
    altura libre de paso, luz
    vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
    habitáculo
    space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding
    resguardo
    space for maneuver at sea
    barlovento
    the direction from which the wind is coming
    hoyo, mella, muesca
    angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
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    relación
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
  4. noun
    a grouping of words in a sentence
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    unidad lingüística
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  5. noun
    the production of eggs (especially in birds)
    synonyms: puesta, puesto, tendido
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    parturición
    the process of giving birth
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