Posit

Quick meaning: Posit is a noun meaning Something that is posited; a postulate.

Meaning

Something that is posited; a postulate.

More Meanings

1. (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
2. To assume the existence of; to postulate.
3. To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
4. To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
5. (computing) A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.

Example Sentences

some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.

Among many Indians, however, an exonormative view, which even today posits British English as the target model, appears to be firmly in place.

Ray's natural theology posited that God was responsible for the near-perfect match between an animal and its environment and encouraged readers to seek evidence for God through the study of nature.

With their new hardware implementation, which was synthesized in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), the Complutense team was able to compare computations done using 32-bit floats and 32-bit posits side by side.

Word Forms

• posits
• positing
• posited

Synonyms for posit

Depending on context, synonyms include pose, postulate, fix, deposit, situate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include postulate, situate, fix, pose, deposit, hypothesize.

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