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positioner

positioner noun: that which positions.

Noun

positioner (plural positioners)

  1. That which positions.
    • Men and women end up recognising each other not only in their commodities (a car, a mobile phone), but also in their capacity to influence as positioners of these needs and satisfactions (Marcuse 1987).2022, Cristina Fernández-Rovira, Santiago Giraldo-Luque, Predictive Technology in Social Media
    1. Any mechanical device used to position something.
    2. The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.

Forms of positioner

pluralpositioners

Origin of positioner

From position + -er.

Words formed from positioner

Questions about positioner

What does positioner mean?
Positioner means that which positions.
What part of speech is positioner?
Positioner is a noun.
What is the plural of positioner?
The plural of positioner is positioners.

Words near positioner in the dictionary

  1. positionalities
  2. positionality
  3. positionally
  4. positionals
  5. positioned
  6. positioner
  7. positioners
  8. positioning
  9. positioning time
  10. positionings
  11. positionless

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