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positional

adj

Etymology

From position + -al.

  1. derived from positiō
  2. derived from posicion
  3. inherited from posicioun
  4. suffixed as positional — “position + -al”

Definitions

  1. Relating to the position of something.

  2. Having or pertaining to a value that is a function of its social desirability, as opposed…

    Having or pertaining to a value that is a function of its social desirability, as opposed to its utility.

    • Of course, this ex post problem may have a negative feedback on the ex ante desirability of having market transactions for positional goods.
    • Since economics is about scarcity, its study must be based on positional conflict, as indicated by the behaviour of the nouveau riche, or of poor people, who proudly demonstrate their latest smartphones or plasma TV sets.
    • Regarding saving and consumption, nonpositional and positional consumption are distinguished.

  3. Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing…

    Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing the larger position, rather than calculating more immediate tactics.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its position in the invocation…

      An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its position in the invocation code, rather than on its name; compare with named.

    2. A member of a class of verb in some languages that indicates position or posture.

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Derived

antipositional, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, bipositional, equipositional, geopositional, interpositional, multipositional, nonpositional, positional asphyxia, positional good, positional isomer, positionality, positional notation, positional parameter, positional voting

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for positional. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA