1. emplacement(n = noun.artifact) - military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon;
is a kind of military installation
has particulars: gun emplacement, weapons emplacement
Derived form verb emplace1
2. emplacement(n = noun.act) locating, location, placement, position, positioning - the act of putting something in a certain place;
is a kind of activity
has particulars: stratification, apposition, collocation, juxtaposition, interposition, intervention, orientation, planting, implantation, repositioning, set, superposition, fingering, superposition
Derived form verb emplace2
A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
emplacement, n.
1 the act or an instance of putting in position.
2 a platform or defended position where a gun is placed for firing.
3 situation, position.
Etymology:
F (as EN-(1), PLACE)