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Vinony

placing

noun

  1. act or instance of setting, location, arrangement
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪsɪŋ/

noun

  1. The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.

    “There are, of course, certain differences of detail; for example, the placing of the safety valves on the boiler barrel behind the dome, which follows the practice in the Riddles 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 locomotives for the Ministry of Supply; but taken all in all, Britannia's boiler has a closer affinity with the Doncaster designs than with any other.”

  2. The condition of being placed.
  3. The position of a competitor at the end of a race.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of place