oddpositioned

Oddpositioned is a coinage used as an adjective to describe something that is located, arranged, or selected at odd-numbered positions within a sequence, grid, or structure. The term is built from "odd" and "position" with the suffix "-ed" and is most commonly written as "odd-positioned" in formal writing; the unhyphenated form "oddpositioned" appears in contexts such as variable names or branding.

Indexing conventions matter: when using 1-based indexing (positions 1, 2, 3, …), odd-positioned elements occupy positions 1, 3, 5, etc. When using 0-based indexing (positions 0, 1, 2, …), odd-positioned elements occupy positions 1, 3, 5, …. The term consequently depends on the indexing scheme.

Examples: in the string "abcdef", the odd-positioned characters (1-based) are "a", "c", and "e"; in 0-based terms they are "b", "d", and "f". In arrays, a function that returns only odd-positioned items might select indices 0, 2, 4 under 1-based counting, or 1, 3, 5 under 0-based counting. In data presentation, odd-positioned columns may be shaded for readability, or used to sample data for inspection.

See also: even-positioned, odd-indexed, indexing, positional data.