English Explanatory Dictionary

positional

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the position of something.
  2. Having or pertaining to a value that is a function of its social desirability, as opposed to its utility.
  3. Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing the larger position, rather than calculating more immediate tactics.
  4. An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its position in the invocation code, rather than on its name; compare with named.
noun
  1. A member of a class of verb in some languages that indicates position or posture.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-positional.wav

Word forms

positional positionals

Etymology

From position + -al.

Synonyms

locational

Derived words

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

Translations

Bulgarian: позиционен Italian: posizionale Polish: pozycyjny Romanian: pozițional Slovene: položájen
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