/ˈpɒzɪt/, /ˈpɑzɪt/, /ˈpɔzɪt/
OriginBorrowed 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.
- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- abbreviation, alt-ofAbbreviation of position.
- 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 posit”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
Formsposits(plural) · posits(present, singular, third-person) · positing(participle, present) · posited(participle, past) · posited(past)