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emplacement

 
Dictionary: em·place·ment   (ĕm-plās'mənt) pronunciation
n.
  1. A prepared position, such as a mounting or silo, for a military weapon.
  2. The act of putting into a certain position; placement.
  3. Position; location.

[French, from obsolete emplacer, to place in position : en-, in; see en-1 + Old French place, open space; see place.]


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Thesaurus: emplacement
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noun

    The place where a person or thing is located: location, locus, placement, position, site, situation. See place.

US Military Dictionary: emplacement
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n. 1. a structure on or in which something is firmly placed.

2. a platform or defended position where a gun is placed for firing.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

Military Dictionary: emplacement
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(DOD, NATO) 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.

Translations: Emplacement
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - anbringelse, position, kanonstilling, emplacement

Nederlands (Dutch)
plaats, het plaatsen, locatie van militair materiaal

Français (French)
n. - (Mil) emplacement

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Mil.) Geschützstellung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τοποθέτηση

Italiano (Italian)
ubicazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - posicionamento (m), plataforma (f) para dispor artilharia (Mil.)

Русский (Russian)
место расположения, оборудованная огневая позиция

Español (Spanish)
n. - emplazamiento, colocación, ubicación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ersättning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
安放, 位置, 定位置

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 安放, 位置, 定位置

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 설치

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 砲床, 定置

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وضع الشيء في مكانه, موضع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עמדה, הצבה במקום, עמדת-תותח, מצב, השמה‬


 
 

 

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