Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to position; relating to or depending on position.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to position.

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  • adjective Relating to the position of something.
  • adjective economics Having a value that is mostly, or entirely, a function of its desirability.

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  • adjective of or relating to or determined by position

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Examples

  • With 11 senior players – including the long‑term absentees Nemanja Vidic and Darren Fletcher – occupying the Old Trafford treatment room the phrase "positional rotation" has assumed a whole new meaning as United's fit squad members are asked to pretend they are Ajax-type "total footballers".

    Manchester United adopt 'total football' approach to injury problems 2011

  • Speltz prefers the term positional plagiocephaly because the babies 'flat heads are caused in part by their spending so much time on their backs' sleeping in cribs, lying back in car seats and carriages.

    Winnipeg Sun 2010

  • COOPER: The family attorney, Michael Manning, said he suspects Gotbaum died of what he called positional asphyxia, which he claims might have begun when the police actually brought her to the ground in the terminal, which we see in that videotape.

    CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2007 2007

  • COOPER: The family attorney, Michael Manning, said they suspects Gotbaum died of what he called positional asphyxia, which he claims might have begun when the police actually brought her to the ground in the terminal, which we see in that videotape.

    CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2007 2007

  • Gelfand stuck with a long-term positional strategy of slowly unleashing his central pawns.

    Lubomir Kavalek: It's Anand vs. Gelfand for the World Chess Crown Lubomir Kavalek 2011

  • Gelfand stuck with a long-term positional strategy of slowly unleashing his central pawns.

    Lubomir Kavalek: It's Anand vs. Gelfand for the World Chess Crown Lubomir Kavalek 2011

  • On the plus side, he also weighed 210 pounds at his pro day, 7 pounds lighter than at the combine, and looked very good as a receiver in positional drills.

    Consensus hard to find in search for best RBs in draft 2009

  • He clocked between 4.38 and 4.40 seconds for 40 yards and performed well in positional drills.

    Adrian Peterson runs through anger to the NFL 2007

  • A type that's common in people 60 and older is called positional vertigo.

    CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2009 2009

  • But the family's lawyer and some experts say she more likely died of something called positional asphyxia, which can come from violent, forceful restraint, such as being placed face down with a knee in the back and handcuffs, creating an inability to breathe.

    CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2007 2007

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