 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
placement
noun
1: the spatial property of the way in which something is
placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the
placement of the chairs" [syn: {arrangement}]
2: contact established between applicants and prospective
employees; "the agency provided placement services"
3: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
[syn: {location}, {locating}, {position}, {positioning}, {emplacement}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Placement \Place"ment\, noun [Cf. F. placement.]
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed.
2. Position; place.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
130 Moby Thesaurus words for "placement":
abode, accedence, accession, accounting for, allocation, allotment,
analysis, answerability, application, appointment, apportionment,
area, arrangement, array, arraying, arrogation, ascription,
assignation, assignment, assortment, attachment, attribution,
bearings, bench mark, blame, cataloging, categorization, charge,
classification, codification, collation, collocation,
connection with, constitution, coronation, credit, culling,
deployment, deposit, deposition, derivation from, disposal,
disposition, distribution, district, division, emplacement,
employment, engagement, enthronement, etiology, filing, form,
formation, formulation, gradation, grading, grouping, hiring, hole,
honor, imputation, inauguration, indexing, induction, installation,
installment, instatement, investiture, lading,
latitude and longitude, lieu, loading, locale, locality,
localization, locating, location, locus, marshaling, order,
ordering, organization, packing, palaetiology, pigeonholing,
pinpoint, pinpointing, place, placing, point, position,
positioning, posting, putting, ranging, ranking, rating,
reference to, regimentation, region, reposition, responsibility,
saddling, screening, selection, sifting, site, situation, situs,
sorting, sorting out, spot, spotting, stationing, stead, storage,
stowage, stratification, structuring, subdivision, subordination,
syntax, tabulation, taking office, taxonomy, triage, typology,
whereabout, whereabouts
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