emplacement
emplacement Lexical Profile
emplacement Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A prepared position, platform, or protective enclosure from which heavy artillery or weapons are operated.
"Historians documented the remnants of the coastal stone emplacement built during the nineteenth century."
The act of putting something into a specific position, or the state or site of being placed.
"The careful emplacement of the monitoring sensors along the bridge required specialized engineering equipment."
The intrusion of igneous magma or the deposition of mineral ore into preexisting rock formations.
"Radiometric dating helped geologists determine the exact age of the granite emplacement within the mountain range."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 19th century from French emplacement ('site, location, or placement'), derived from emplacer ('to put in place'), from en- ('in') and place ('place').