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emplacement noun [ ɪmˈpleɪsm(ə)nt ]

• a structure on or in which something is firmly placed.
• "a machine bolted to a concrete emplacement"
• the process or state of setting something in place or being set in place.
• "the emplacement of granite intrusions"
Origin: early 19th century: from French, from em- ‘in’ + place ‘a place’.


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