Position

po-zish′un, n. place, situation: attitude: a place taken or to be taken by troops: state of affairs: the ground taken in argument or in a dispute: principle laid down: place in society: method of finding the value of an unknown quantity by a uming one or more values ( single , when one is a umed; double , when two).— v.t. Posit (poz′it), to place in right position or relation: to lay down as something true or granted.— adj. Posi′tional .— Strategic position , a position taken up by troops to check the movements of an enemy. [Fr.,—L.— ponĕre , positum , to place.]