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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon
2: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn: placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Middle French emplacer to emplace, from en- + place Date: 1802 1. the situation or location of something 2. a prepared position for weapons or military equipment <radar emplacements> 3. a putting into position ; placement

U.S. Military Dictionary

(*) 1. A prepared position for one or more weapons or pieces of equipment, for protection against hostile fire or bombardment, and from which they can execute their tasks. 2. The act of fixing a gun in a prepared position from which it may be fired.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of putting in position. 2 a platform or defended position where a gun is placed for firing. 3 situation, position. Etymology: F (as EN-(1), PLACE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Emplacement Em*place"ment, n. [Cf. F. emplacement.] A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(emplacements) Emplacements are specially prepared positions from which a heavy gun can be fired. (TECHNICAL) There are gun emplacements every five-hundred yards along the road. N-COUNT: usu pl, usu supp N

Moby Thesaurus

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