positioner

noun

1. the act of positing, or placing
2. a positing of a proposition; affirmation
3. the manner in which a person or thing is placed or arranged; attitude; posture; disposition: in a sitting position
4. one's attitude toward or opinion on a subject; stand: his position on foreign aid
5. the place where a person or thing is, esp. in relation to others; location; situation; site: the ship's position
6. the usual or proper place of a person or thing; station: the players are in position
7. a location or condition in which one has the advantage: to jockey for position
8. a strategic military site
9. a person's relative place, as in society; rank; status
10. a place high in society, business, etc.: a man of position
11. a post of employment; office; job: to apply for a teaching position
12. Finance the long or short commitment of a market trader in securities or commodities
13. Music
    1. the arrangement of the notes of a chord with respect to their relative closeness or distance apart: open position
    2. any of the fixed locations on the fingerboard of a violin, etc. that the left hand assumes for fingering a particular series of notes
    3. any of the various points to which a trombone slide may be moved to change the pitch

transitive verb

1. to put into a particular position; place or station
2. Rare to locate