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|+ '''These are positions:'''
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| width="40" height="30" |diagonal (corner)
! width="40" height="30" |up
| width="40" height="30" |diagonal (corner)
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! width="40" height="30" |left
! width="40" height="30" |middle
! width="40" height="30" |right
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| width="40" height="30" |diagonal (corner)
! width="40" height="30" |down
| width="40" height="30" |diagonal (corner)
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'''Position''' is a way to explain [[#Location|where something is]].
== Location ==
The words which indicate position are called [[prepositions]].
== Left, middle, and right ==
[[File:Left Hand Identification.jpg|thumb|Left Hand Identification]]
To find which is your '''left''' hand side, hold your hands palms down, point your index fingers and stick your [[thumb]]s out at right angles. The finger and thumb of your ''left'' hand will form a capital letter L. 

If the letter L you make is reversed, you found your '''right''' hand. '''Left''' and '''right''' are called [[opposite]] sides.

'''Middle''' is between ''up'' and ''down'' and is between ''left'' and ''right''.
Middle means the same as ''center''.

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== Far and near ==
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! width="50%" | The box is ''far''.
! width="50%" | The box is ''near''.
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| valign="center" align="center" height="100" | [[Image:Simple cardboard box.svg|40px|far]]
| valign="center" align="center" height="100" | [[Image:Simple cardboard box.svg|80px|near]]
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'''Far''' means that something is a long way away from you. '''Near''' means it is ''close'' to you. Things can also be near and far other persons and other things.
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== In sports ==
In many [[sports]], the term "position" is used to show what [[Profession|occupation]] a person has on their team. For example, in [[baseball]], positions include [[catcher]], [[shortstop]] and [[Pitcher (baseball)|pitcher]].
== Human position ==
In various activities such as [[dance]] and [[yoga]], the static arrangement of the body and its parts is called a position, for example in an [[arabesque (ballet)]].
== In math and physics ==
[[File:3D Cartesian.svg|260px|thumb|The position of a balloon at a certain time]]
The position of something is where that thing is in space and time. Usually people use [[Cartesian coordinate system|Cartesian coordinates]] to write down a position. So a scientist might say that the balloon was at ''x'', ''y'', ''z'' when it popped at a certain time. The scientist can also say the balloon’s position in other ways, like latitude, longitude, and height (spherical coordinates) or x, y, z, and t (space and time). 
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== In society ==
The position of a person is his status or responsibility in a community or group of people. It is called rank in the [[army]].
In a [[factory]] the [[manager]] is a typical position.

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