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单词 emplacement
释义 em·place·ment
\-smənt\ noun
Etymology: French, from obsolete French emplacer to put in place (from Middle French, from em- en- (I) + place) + French -ment — more at place
1. : the situation or location of something (as of a building)
 < a pile of embers marking the emplacement of the fort and the little village — American Guide Series: Michigan >
 < the clue to the genesis of the continents must lie in the origin and emplacement of granite — C.M.Nevin >
 < took his flock of llamas to a sheltered emplacement … for the night — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
2. : a prepared position for weapons (as a gun or group of guns) or military equipment from which they can operate effectively
 < a concealed gun emplacement >
3. [emplace + -ment] : a putting into position : placement
 < emplacement of the panels on the steel frames of the buildings involves little more than lifting the panels into position and inserting bolts — Civil Engineering >
 < the ore emplacement has been chiefly by cavity filling — A.M.Bateman >
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