emplacement
Fortification. the space, platform, or the like, for a gun or battery and its accessories.
a putting in place or position; location: the emplacement of a wall.
Geology.
the intrusion of igneous rocks into a particular position.
the development of an ore deposit in a particular place.
Origin of emplacement
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How to use emplacement in a sentence
One of the first proposed uses of torpedoes was coastal defense, with the torpedoes launched either from emplacements directly on the water’s edge, or from floating platforms just off-shore.
India launched a torpedo from a missile. Here’s why. | Kelsey D. Atherton | January 9, 2022 | Popular-ScienceIt’s often mentioned as one of the possible causes behind this big dinosaur extinction — the plume was responsible for these huge eruptions and the emplacement of these really large volumes of igneous rocks.
The New Historian of the Smash That Made the Himalayas | Robin George Andrews | April 14, 2021 | Quanta MagazineThe three fugitive slaves, before their escape, had been helping build a Confederate gun emplacement.
The famous Cave Canem, too, the only mosaic that remains intact, has been twice removed from its original emplacement.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounEvery trench, redoubt, and dug-out; every hedge and ditch was recorded, and every gun emplacement shown.
The Romance of the Red Triangle | Arthur Keysall Yapp
Nobody cared about left-hand Gun Hill; he was only a 47 howitzer; every glass was clamped on the big yellow emplacement.
From Capetown to Ladysmith | G. W. SteevensIn the meantime he has had his gun's name, "Lady Ellen," neatly carved on a stone and put up on his emplacement.
From Capetown to Ladysmith | G. W. SteevensMattia did not show himself until the soldiers began preparing an emplacement for their gun.
The Children of France | Ruth Royce
British Dictionary definitions for emplacement
/ (ɪmˈpleɪsmənt) /
a prepared position for the siting of a gun or other weapon
the act of putting or state of being put in place
Origin of emplacement
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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