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Placing

//ˈpleɪsɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    The condition of being placed.
  3. 3
    The position of a competitor at the end of a race.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of place form-of, gerund, participle, present

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