emplacement
English
editEtymology
editFrom French emplacement, from en- + placement.
Noun
editemplacement (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
editAn installation that houses a military weapon
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A place where a thing is located
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French
editEtymology
editFrom en- + placer (“to place”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editemplacement m (plural emplacements)
Further reading
edit- “emplacement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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