noun
disposition
The way things are placed or distributed.
The map shows the disposition of troops around the city.
Etymology
The Latin verb concerns arranging or distributing. Disposition names the resulting layout: how separate things occupy positions in relation to one another.
More examples
- They changed the disposition of the furniture.
- Several dispositions were considered.
- The general studied the units' disposition.
Forms
disposition · dispositions
Similar words
- arrangement
- The ordinary word for how things are placed.
- deployment
- Usually a purposeful positioning of personnel or resources.