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placement
has definitions from the fields of work,food
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[ noun ] the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
Synonyms Examples : "the arrangement of the furniture" "the placement of the chairs" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)You definitely hear some of the instruments close_up and others farther back , with the difference in placement apparently more distinct than would result from the nearer instruments merely being louder than the ones farther back . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Makes drawings and plans of rooms showing placement of furniture , floor_coverings , wall decorations , and determines color_schemes . (Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)At_the_same_time , the wallpaper strips themselves seem to be pushed into depth by the lines and patches of shading charcoaled upon them , and by their placing in_relation_to the block_capitals ; and these capitals seem in_turn to be pushed_back by their placing , and by contrast with the corporeality of the woodgraining . At_the_same_time , the wallpaper strips themselves seem to be pushed into depth by the lines and patches of shading charcoaled upon them , and by their placing in_relation_to the block_capitals ; and these capitals seem in_turn to be pushed_back by their placing , and by contrast with the corporeality of the woodgraining . Only when the collage had been exhaustively translated into oil , and transformed by this translation , did Cubism become an affair of positive color and flat , interlocking silhouettes whose legibility and placement created allusions to , if_not the illusion of , unmistakable three-dimensional identities . |
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[ noun ] (work,food) contact established between applicants and prospective employees
Examples "the agency provided placement services" Used in print (Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)Up to this time and for the next eight years , the services provided disabled persons consisted mainly of training , counseling , and placement on a job . Under P._L. 113 , 78_th_Congress , the Federal_Government assumed responsibility for 100 % of necessary State expenditures in_connection_with administration and the counseling and placement of the disabled , and for 50 % of the necessary costs of providing clients with rehabilitation case services . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of putting something in a certain place or location
Synonyms location position positioning emplacement situating locating Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Makes necessary purchases , places contracts , supervises construction , installation , finishing and placement of furniture , fixtures and other correlated furnishings , and follows_through to completion of project `` . |
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