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n. tendency; character, nature, trait; arrangement, placement | ||||
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Disposition Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| DOD Dictionary of Military Terms |
disposition
(*) 1. Distribution of the elements of a command within an area; usually the exact location of each unit headquarters and the deployment of the forces subordinate to it. 2. A prescribed arrangement of the stations to be occupied by the several formations and single ships of a fleet, or major subdivisions of a fleet, for any purpose, such as cruising, approach, maintaining contact, or battle. 3. A prescribed arrangement of all the tactical units composing a flight or group of aircraft. See also deployment; dispersion. 4. (DOD only) The removal of a patient from a medical treatment facility by reason of return to duty, transfer to another treatment facility, death, or other termination of medical case.
(*) 1. Distribution of the elements of a command within an area; usually the exact location of each unit headquarters and the deployment of the forces subordinate to it. 2. A prescribed arrangement of the stations to be occupied by the several formations and single ships of a fleet, or major subdivisions of a fleet, for any purpose, such as cruising, approach, maintaining contact, or battle. 3. A prescribed arrangement of all the tactical units composing a flight or group of aircraft. See also deployment; dispersion. 4. (DOD only) The removal of a patient from a medical treatment facility by reason of return to duty, transfer to another treatment facility, death, or other termination of medical case.
Disposition Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Disposition
(n.)
The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.
(n.)
The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.
(n.)
Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.
(n.)
Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.
(n.)
Mood; humor.
(n.)
Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
(n.)
The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.
(n.)
The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.
(n.)
Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.
(n.)
Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind.
(n.)
Mood; humor.
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Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.
| WordNet 2.0 |
disposition
Noun
1. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
(synonym) temperament
(hypernym) nature
(hyponym) solitariness
(part-meronym) cheerfulness, cheer
(attribute) willing
2. the act or means of getting rid of something
(synonym) disposal
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) appointment
(derivation) dispose
3. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"
(synonym) inclination, tendency
(hypernym) attitude, mental attitude
(hyponym) direction
(derivation) dispose, incline
4. a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) aptness, propensity
Noun
1. your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
(synonym) temperament
(hypernym) nature
(hyponym) solitariness
(part-meronym) cheerfulness, cheer
(attribute) willing
2. the act or means of getting rid of something
(synonym) disposal
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) appointment
(derivation) dispose
3. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"
(synonym) inclination, tendency
(hypernym) attitude, mental attitude
(hyponym) direction
(derivation) dispose, incline
4. a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture"
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) aptness, propensity
| Shakespeare Words |
DISPOSITION
maintenance
maintenance
| hEnglish - advanced version |
disposition
disposition
\dis`po*si"tion\ (?), n. [f. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. see position, and cf. dispone.]
1. the act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. who have received the law by the disposition of angels. vii. 53. the disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece.
2. the state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.
3. tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.
4. conscious inclination; propension or propensity. how stands your disposition to be married?
5. natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. "a man of turbulent disposition." "he is of a very melancholy disposition." his disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein god had placed him.
6. mood; humor. as i perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on.
disposition
\dis`po*si"tion\ (?), n. [f. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. see position, and cf. dispone.]
1. the act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. who have received the law by the disposition of angels. vii. 53. the disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece.
2. the state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.
3. tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.
4. conscious inclination; propension or propensity. how stands your disposition to be married?
5. natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. "a man of turbulent disposition." "he is of a very melancholy disposition." his disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein god had placed him.
6. mood; humor. as i perchance hereafter shall think meet to put an antic disposition on.
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Anwydiad
Anwydiad = n. disposition
Anwydiad = n. disposition
Creth
Creth = n. disposition, purpose
Cyflwr
Cyflwr = n. condition, state, disposition, temper; property
Cynneddf
Cynneddf = n. disposition
Dryganedd
Dryganedd = n. evil disposition
Greddf
Greddf = n. nature; disposition
Hwyrfryd
Hwyrfryd = a. of slow disposition
Ias
Ias = n. what pervades; mature, disposition; a shock; a shiver
Naws
Naws = n. nature, disposition
Rhal
Rhal = n. character, disposition
Disposition Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
Disposition
French law. This word has several acceptations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
The dispositions of man make the dispositions of the law to cease; for example, when a man bequeaths his estate, the disposition he makes of it, renders the legal disposition of it, if he had died intestate, to cease.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
French law. This word has several acceptations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
The dispositions of man make the dispositions of the law to cease; for example, when a man bequeaths his estate, the disposition he makes of it, renders the legal disposition of it, if he had died intestate, to cease.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
| OJJDP's Performance Measures Glossary |
Disposition
Sanction ordered or treatment plan decided upon or initiated in a particular case by a juvenile court. The range of options available to a court typically includes commitment to an institution; placement in a group or foster home or other residential facility; probation (either regular or intensive supervision); referral to an outside agency, day treatment, or mental health program; or imposition of a fine, community service, or restitution.
Sanction ordered or treatment plan decided upon or initiated in a particular case by a juvenile court. The range of options available to a court typically includes commitment to an institution; placement in a group or foster home or other residential facility; probation (either regular or intensive supervision); referral to an outside agency, day treatment, or mental health program; or imposition of a fine, community service, or restitution.
| Law Dictionary |
Disposition
1. The giving up of anything; often used in reference to atestamentary proceeding, as in "the disposition of the estate." 2. Courts"dispose of" cases, i.e., determine the rights of the parties or otherwiseterminate the proceedings. 3. In criminal law, the sentence of the defendant isthe disposition.
1. The giving up of anything; often used in reference to atestamentary proceeding, as in "the disposition of the estate." 2. Courts"dispose of" cases, i.e., determine the rights of the parties or otherwiseterminate the proceedings. 3. In criminal law, the sentence of the defendant isthe disposition.
Disposition Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| EIA Energy Glossary |
Disposition, natural gas
The removal of natural, synthetic, and/or supplemental gas, or any components or gaseous mixtures contained therein, from the responding company's facilities within the report State by any means or for any purpose, including the transportation of such gas out of the report State.
The removal of natural, synthetic, and/or supplemental gas, or any components or gaseous mixtures contained therein, from the responding company's facilities within the report State by any means or for any purpose, including the transportation of such gas out of the report State.
Disposition, petroleum
A set of categories used to account for how crude oil and petroleum products are transferred, distributed, or removed from the supply stream. The categories include stock change, crude oil losses, refinery inputs, exports, and products supplied for domestic consumption.
Disposition Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of Kant's Technical Terms |
disposition
the tendency a person has at a given point in time to act in one way or another (i.e., to obey the moral law or to disobey it). (Cf. predisposition.)
the tendency a person has at a given point in time to act in one way or another (i.e., to obey the moral law or to disobey it). (Cf. predisposition.)
Disposition Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary |
Chenaniah
preparation, or disposition, or strength, of the Lord
preparation, or disposition, or strength, of the Lord
Disposition Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| TOXICOLOGY |
Disposition
The term used to describe the kinetics of a substance in the body. It encompasses absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of a chemical.
The term used to describe the kinetics of a substance in the body. It encompasses absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination of a chemical.
Disposition Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Disposition
In philosophy, physiology, and psychology, a disposition is a habit, a preparation, a state of readiness, or a tendency to act in a specified way.
In philosophy, the terms dispositional belief and occurrent belief refer, in the former case, to a belief that is held in the mind but not currently being considered, and in the latter case, to a belief that is currently being considered by the mind.
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