ALL meanings of misposition
po·si·tion
M m - noun misposition condition with reference to place; location; situation. 1
- noun misposition a place occupied or to be occupied; site: a fortified position. 1
- noun misposition the proper, appropriate, or usual place: out of position. 1
- noun misposition situation or condition, especially with relation to favorable or unfavorable circumstances: to be in an awkward position; to bargain from a position of strength. 1
- noun misposition status or standing: He has a position to maintain in the community. 1
- noun misposition high standing, as in society; important status: a person of wealth and position. 1
- noun misposition a post of employment: a position in a bank. 1
- noun misposition manner of being placed, disposed, or arranged: the relative position of the hands of a clock. 1
- noun misposition bodily posture or attitude: to be in a sitting position. 1
- noun misposition mental attitude; stand: one's position on a controversial topic. 1
- noun misposition the act of positing. 1
- noun misposition something that is posited. 1
- noun misposition Ballet. any of the five basic positions of the feet with which every step or movement begins and ends. Compare first position, second position, third position, fourth position, fifth position. 1
- noun misposition Music. the arrangement of tones in a chord, especially with regard to the location of the root tone in a triad or to the distance of the tones from each other. Compare close position, inversion (def 8a), open position, root position. any of the places on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument where the fingers stop the strings to produce the variouspitches. any of the places to which the slide of a trombone is shifted to produce changes in pitch. 1
- noun misposition Finance. a commitment to buy or sell securities: He took a large position in defense stocks. 1
- noun misposition Classical Prosody. the situation of a short vowel before two or more consonants or their equivalent, making the syllable metrically long. 1
- verb with object misposition to put in a particular or appropriate position; place. 1
- verb with object misposition to determine the position of; locate. 1
- noun misposition a wrong position 0