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em·place·ment
/
ɛmˈpleɪs
mənt
/
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[
em-
pleys
-m
uh
nt
]
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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;
<
French,
equivalent to obsolete
emplac
(
er
) to place (
em-
em-
1
+
placer
to
place
) +
-ment
-ment
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emplacement
(ɪmˈpleɪsmənt)
—
n
1.
a prepared position for the siting of a gun or other weapon
2.
the act of putting or state of being put in place
[C19: from French, from obsolete
emplacer
to put in position, from
place
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
emplacement
1802, from Fr. emplacement, from en- + placement.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Photo interpreters examined his photos and discovered that the dune was a gun
emplacement
, which was added to the maps.
During
emplacement
, several hundred meters of bathymetric relief restricted rapid sedimentation to outside the glacial margins.
Somewhere in the forest interior an old concrete gun
emplacement
sagged in defeat.
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