positional
The English word “positional” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Relating to the position of something.
- Having or pertaining to a value that is a function of its social desirability, as opposed to its utility.
- Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing the larger position, rather than calculating more immediate tactics.
- An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its position in the invocation code, rather than on its name; compare with named.
noun
Etymology
From position + -al.
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