posit
Definitions
noun
Something that is posited; a postulate.
Abbreviation 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 A
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 posits side by side.
verb
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.