positioner

English

Etymology

From position +‎ -er.

Noun

positioner (plural positioners)

1. That which positions.
   • 2022, Cristina Fernández-Rovira, Santiago Giraldo-Luque, Predictive Technology in Social Media:

     Men and women end up recognising each other not only in their commodities (a car, a mobile phone), but also in their capacity to influence as positioners of these needs and satisfactions (Marcuse 1987).

   1. Any mechanical device used to position something.
      1. The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.

Translations

all senses

• Italian: posizionatore m

Anagrams

• inotropies, isoprotein, reposition, tiospirone

Swedish

Noun

positioner

1. indefinite plural of position