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emplacement

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em⋅place⋅ment

  [em-pleys-muhnt]
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–noun
1. Fortification. the space, platform, or the like, for a gun or battery and its accessories.
2. a putting in place or position; location: the emplacement of a wall.
3. Geology.
a. the intrusion of igneous rocks into a particular position.
b. the development of an ore deposit in a particular place.
Origin:
1795–1805; < F, equiv. to obs. emplac(er) to place (em- em- 1 + placer to place ) + -ment -ment
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em·place·ment   (ěm-plās'mənt)   
n.  

  1. A prepared position, such as a mounting or silo, for a military weapon.

  2. The act of putting into a certain position; placement.

  3. Position; location.


[French, from obsolete emplacer, to place in position : en-, in; see en-1 + Old French place, open space; see place.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

emplacement 
1802, from Fr. emplacement, from en- + placement.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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