posit
/ˈpɑzɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Abbreviation of position.
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.
verb
To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Among many Indians, however, an exonormative view, which even today posits British English as the target model, appears to be firmly in place."
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *tḱey-, positus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑzɪt/
- British English: /ˈpɒzɪt/