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pozicijsko

Pozicijsko is an adjective used in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and related South Slavic languages to denote something that is related to position or place. It is commonly employed to form technical terms in mathematics, computing and other sciences that describe structures defined by the position of elements within a whole.

Etymology and usage notes

The word derives from pozicija, meaning position, with the adjectival suffix -sko. In scholarly and educational

Applications in mathematics and computing

In mathematics and computer science, pozicijsko is associated with the concept of positional or place-value numeral

Other domains

Outside numeral systems, pozicijsko describes properties or parameters that depend on the position of elements within

See also

positional numeral system, place-value notation, base-n systems, positional data.

contexts,
pozicijsko
appears
in
compound
terms
to
indicate
a
dependence
on
location,
order,
or
placement
within
a
system
or
sequence.
systems.
Such
systems
assign
to
each
digit
a
value
determined
by
its
position
in
the
number,
typically
using
a
base
or
radix.
The
decimal
system
uses
base
10,
where
digits
carry
powers
of
10
according
to
their
place;
binary
uses
base
2
with
powers
of
2.
The
term
highlights
the
fundamental
distinction
between
positional
numeral
systems
and
non-positional,
or
additive,
systems
where
symbols
have
fixed
values
regardless
of
position.
a
structure.
This
can
apply
to
data
organized
in
sequences,
coordinates,
or
spatial
arrangements,
and
to
linguistic
or
computational
constructs
where
ordering
affects
interpretation
or
function.
The
precise
usage
tends
to
reflect
the
terminology
of
the
particular
field
and
language.