emplacement

[ em-pleys-muhnt ]

/ ɛmˈpleɪs mənt /

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noun

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.

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Origin of emplacement

1795–1805; <French, equivalent to obsolete emplac(er) to place (em-em-¹ + placer to place) + -ment-ment

Words nearby emplacement

empiricism, empiric risk, Empirin, empirism, emplace, emplacement, emplane, emplectite, employ, employable, employee

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How to use emplacement in a sentence

It’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 Magazine
The three fugitive slaves, before their escape, had been helping build a Confederate gun emplacement.
David's Book Club 1861: The Civil War Awakening|David Frum|February 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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 Miltoun
Every 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. Steevens
In 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. Steevens
Mattia 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

emplacement

/ (ɪmˈpleɪsmənt) /

noun

a prepared position for the siting of a gun or other weapon

the act of putting or state of being put in place

Word Origin for emplacement

C19: from French, from obsolete emplacer to put in position, from place

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emplacement

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