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Definition of Positing

Positing
Posit Pos"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posited; p. pr. & vb. n. Positing.] [L. ponere, positum, to place. See Position.] 1. To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects. --Sir M. Hale. 2. (Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Meaning of Positing from wikipedia

- Look up posit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Posit or POSIT may refer to: Postulate Posit (number format), a universal number (unum type III) format...
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- requirements. The format of an n-bit posit is given a label of "posit" followed by the decimal digits of n (e.g., the 16-bit posit format is "posit16") and consists...
- An axiom, postulate, or ****umption is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments...
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- abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt ) ISO 4 J. Posit. Behav. Interv. Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR ·...
- abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt ) ISO 4 J. Posit. Psychol. Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR ·...
- individual or group. Etymologically, the name derives from the verb to posit. The concept of positive law is distinct from natural law, which comprises...
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