position

(noun)

A place or location.

Related Terms

  • acceleration
  • velocity

Examples of position in the following topics:

  • Anatomical Position

    • When an organism is in its standard anatomical position, positional descriptive terms are used to indicate regions and features.
    • All descriptions refer to the organism in its standard anatomical position, even when the organism's appendages are in another position.
    • The standard anatomical position is agreed upon by the international medical community.
    • The basis for the standard anatomical position in humans comes from the supine position used for examining human cadavers during autopsies.
    • The regions of the body in standard anatomical position, in which the body is erect.
  • Taiwan's Precarious Position

  • Positioning Bases

    • While positioning used to focus on consumer positioning, it now focuses more on competitive positioning.
    • Positioning is facilitated by perceptual mapping to determine the ideal points of consumers.This helps to determine if positioning should be functional, symbolic, or experiential.
    • One purchase solved a problem and exemplifies functional positioning while the other purchase is an example of symbolic and/or experiential positioning.
    • A company can create brand positioning strategies or product positioning strategies.
    • Examine positioning and the strategy behind it relative to competitive perceptual positioning
  • Triads in Root Position

    • The chords in Figure 5.1 are written in root position, which is the most basic way to write a triad.
    • In root position, the root, which is the note that names the chord, is the lowest note.
    • So the simplest way to write a triad is as a stack of thirds, in root position.
    • Note: The type of interval or chord - major, minor, diminished, etc., is not important when you are determining the position of the chord.
    • Write a triad in root position using each root given.
  • Addressing Opposing Viewpoints

    • Explaining why you disagree with an opposing position demonstrates how your position captures something that other positions leave out.
    • Being familiar with oppositional viewpoints is a way of strengthening your understanding of your own position.
    • Explaining why you disagree with an opposing position can be used to introduce your argument and begin demonstrating how your position captures something important that other positions leave out.
    • Colorful language, appeals to emotion, and rhetorical devices have little weight against a clearly fleshed out position supported by appropriate examples and evidence .
    • Doing so gives readers a succinct version of the position that will be articulated in the remainder of the paper, as well as a brief explanation of why that position is stronger than opposing viewpoints.
  • Normative and Positive Economics

    • Positive economics is defined as the "what is" of economics, while normative economics focuses on the "what ought to be".
    • Positive and normative economic thought are two specific branches of economic reasoning.
    • As a science, positive economics focuses on analyzing economic behavior.
    • Positive economics is defined as the "what is" of economics, while normative economics focuses on the "what ought to be. " Positive economics is utilized as a practical tool for achieving normative objectives.
    • Positive economics would provide a statement saying that the debt has increased.
  • Normal Probability Table

  • Verb Position

    • One of the most important grammatical concepts in German is that the conjugated verb is always in the second position of the main clause.  
    • Understand the position of the conjugated verb in a main clause
  • Polynomial Inequalities

    • At these points, the polynomial's value goes from negative to positive or positive to negative.  
    • The product of a positive and two negatives is positive, so we can conclude that the polynomial becomes positive as it passes $x=-3$.
    • The term $(x+3)$ is positive, while $(x-2)$ is negative.
    • It becomes positive at $x=2$, and because there are no more zeros to the right, we can assume the polynomial remains positive as $x$ approaches $\infty$.
    • It is positive in two segments and also negative in two.
  • Negative Numbers

    • When adding together a mixture of positive and negative numbers, another way to write the negative numbers is as positive quantities being subtracted.
    • The credit has greater magnitude than the debt, so the result is positive.
    • Subtracting positive numbers from each other can yield a negative answer.
    • The product of two positive numbers is positive.The product of one positive number and one negative number is negative.
    • Dividing one positive number and one negative number yields a negative number.
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