emplacement
English edit
Etymology edit
From French emplacement, from en- + placement.
Noun edit
emplacement (countable and uncountable, plural emplacements)
- An installation that houses a military weapon.
- A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
- (geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.
Translations edit
An installation that houses a military weapon
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A place where a thing is located
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French edit
Etymology edit
From en- + placer (“to place”) + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
emplacement m (plural emplacements)
Further reading edit
- “emplacement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.