Word Meanings - POSITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error. Angle of position , the angle which any line makes with another fixed line, specifically with a circle of declination. -- Double position ,

Additional info about word: POSITION

A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error. Angle of position , the angle which any line makes with another fixed line, specifically with a circle of declination. -- Double position , 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 , heavy fieldpieces, not designed for quick movements. -- Position finder , 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 , 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 , 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. (more info) 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, 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of POSITION)

• Attitude
• Posture
• position
• situation
• standing
• composition
• collocation
• aspect
• pose
• lie
• Bearing
• Behavior
• deportment
• manner
• carriage
• mien
• demeanour
• port
• conduct
• inclination
• appearance
• direction
• course
• Circumstance
• Detail
• feature
• point
• event
• occurrence
• incident
• fact
• topic
• condition
• particular
• specialty
• Degree
• Grade
• rank
• stage
• step
• extent
• measure
• mark
• rate
• quality
• class
• station
• range
• quantity
• amount
• limit
• order
• Situation
• Locality
• top
• site
• seat
• post
• place
• residence
• footing
• office
• birth
• plight
• predicament

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of POSITION)

• Fall
• recede
• relapse
• decline
• fail
• Generalize
• condense
• conglomerate
• gather
• sketch
• suggest abstract
• classify
• amalgamate
• Misfit
• misconform
• mismeasure
• misdeal
• misapportion
• Disturb
• disconnect
• disorder
• derange
• intermit
• remain
• be stationary

Related words: (words related to POSITION)

• CLASSIFIC
  Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
• CLASSIFICATORY
  Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
• DERANGER
  One who deranges.
• CLASSICISM
  A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
• DERANGEMENT
  The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity;
• RANGEMENT
  Arrangement. Waterland.
• SUGGESTER
  One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.
• SUGGEST
  1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;
• STATIONARINESS
  The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.
• EVENT
  1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay. To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• LIMITARIAN
  Tending to limit.
• CLASSIS
  An ecclesiastical body or judicat (more info) 1. A class or order; sort; kind. His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.
• LIMITIVE
  Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
• FOOTMARK
  A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• LIMITABLE
  Capable of being limited.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• STAGERY
  Exhibition on the stage.
• WATER-BEARER
  The constellation Aquarius.
• GOOSEFOOT
  A genus of herbs mostly annual weeds; pigweed.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• SAFE-CONDUCT
  That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
• ESTRANGE
  extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and
• ORANGEADE
  A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• CITRANGE
  A citrous fruit produced by a cross between the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange . It is more acid and has a more pronounced aroma than the orange; the tree is hardier. There are several varieties.
• MENOSTATION
  See MENOSTASIS
• WEATHER STATION
  A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminating such information. Such stations are of the first order when they make observations of all the important elements either hourly or by self-registering
• SURFOOT
  Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed. Nares.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• MEGATHEROID
  One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
• SALTFOOT
  A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.