Position

Position often refers to:

• Position (geometry), the spatial location (rather than orientation) of an entity
• Position, a job or occupation
• Position, another way to say "championship place" or "rank" (Winner, runner-up, second runner-up, etc.)

Position may also refer to:

Games and recreation

• Position (poker), location relative to the dealer
• Position (team sports), a player role within a team

Human body

• Human position, the spatial relation of the human body to itself and the environment
  • Position (obstetrics), the orientation of a baby prior to birth
  • Positions of the feet in ballet
  • Position (music), the location of the hand on a musical instrument
  • Proprioception, the sense of the relative position of neighbouring parts of the body
  • Asana (yoga), the location and posture of the body while practicing yoga
  • Sex position, the arrangement of bodies during sexual intercourse

Humanities, law, economics and politics

• Philosophical theory, a belief or set of beliefs about questions in philosophy
• Position (finance), commitments in a financial marketplace
• Social position, the position of an individual in a society and culture
• Political position within a political spectrum

Science and mathematics

• Position (vector), a mathematical identification of relative location
• Position in positional notation of mathematical operations

Other uses

• The Position, a novel by Meg Wolitzer
• Positions (book), a book by Jacques Derrida
• Positions (album), a 2020 album by Ariana Grande
  • "Positions" (song), the album's title track
• The Positions, 2015 album by Gang of Youths

See also

• Location (disambiguation)
• Positioning (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Position