positionnelle

Positionnelle is a feminine French adjective meaning relating to or dependent on position. Derived from position and the suffix -elle, the term is used across multiple disciplines to label approaches, phenomena, or analyses that hinge on the location, order, or arrangement of elements rather than their intrinsic properties alone.

In chess, the expression jeu positionnel (positional play) describes a strategic approach that emphasizes long‑term piece activity, pawn structure, space, and control of key squares, as opposed to immediate tactical combinations. Outside games, positionnelle language or analyses can refer to methods that treat position as a determining factor: the outcome or interpretation depends on where components are situated within a system.

In linguistics and related fields, positionnelle considerations may refer to phenomena conditioned by syntactic or discourse position, such as how the role or interpretation of elements can change with their location in a sentence or discourse, though usage is field‑specific and not standardized.

In information technology and data organization, the term can appear in discussions of position‑based indexing, sequencing, or data structures where the position of an item affects its processing or meaning.

The exact definition of positionnelle is therefore context dependent; it is a descriptive term rather than a formal technical concept with a universal, field‑wide standard.