Position

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Position often refers to:

  • Position (geometry), the spatial location (rather than orientation) of an entity
  • Position, a job or occupation

Position may also refer to:

Games and recreation

  • Position (poker), location relative to the dealer
  • Position (team sports), a player role within a team

Human body

  • Human position, the spatial relation of the human body to itself and the environment
    • Position (obstetrics), the orientation of a baby prior to birth
    • Positions of the feet in ballet
    • Position (music), the location of the hand on a musical instrument
    • Proprioception, the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body
    • Asana (yoga), the location and posture of the body while practicing yoga
    • Sex position, the arrangement of bodies during sexual intercourse

Humanities, law, economics and politics

  • Philosophical theory, a belief or set of beliefs about questions in philosophy
  • Position (finance), commitments in a financial marketplace
  • Social position, the position of an individual in a society and culture
  • Political position within a political spectrum

Science and mathematics

  • Position (vector), a mathematical identification of relative location
  • Position in positional notation of mathematical operations

Other uses

  • The Position, a novel by Meg Wolitzer
  • Positions (book), a book by Jacques Derrida
  • Positions (album), a 2020 album by Ariana Grande
    • "Positions" (song), the album's title track
  • The Positions, 2015 album by Gang of Youths

See also

  • Location (disambiguation)
  • Positioning (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles containing Position
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