posit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to put something somewhere firmly

   I posited my hand on your shoulder.

2. 2
   noun

   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.

   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.

3. 3
   verb

   To assume the existence of; to postulate.

   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.

4. 4
   verb

   To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.

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

6. 6
   noun

   (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

7. 7
   verb

   take as a given

8. 8
   verb

   put before

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Noun sense 3 (type of number format) was coined by American computer scientist and businessman John Gustafson in 2017.