POSITIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does positional mean? 

• POSITIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective POSITIONAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or determined by position

  Familiarity information: POSITIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSITIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or determined by position

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

position (the particular portion of space occupied by something)

 Context examples 

The infrared/gamma-ray connection led the authors to search for new blazar candidates among WISE infrared sources located within the positional uncertainties of Fermi's unidentified gamma-ray objects.

(WISE, Fermi Missions Reveal a Surprising Blazar Connection, NASA)

The proline linker facilitates the synthesis of a predominant (90%) positional isomer which allows for further increases in stability and a longer half-life than previous PEG conjugates.

(PEG-Proline-Interferon Alfa-2b, NCI Thesaurus)

Interdependent positional signaling by the apical ectodermal ridge, the posterior mesenchyme zone of polarizing activity, and the non ridge ectoderm coordinate limb bud outgrowth and patterning, Limb Development, by migrated lateral plate mesoderm and somite cells.

(Limb Development, NCI Thesaurus)