placing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of place

noun

1. The action by which something is placed; placement; positioning.

   “There are, of course, certain differences of detail; for example, the placing of the safety valves on the boiler barrel behind the dome, which follows the practice in the Riddles 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 locomotives for the Ministry of Supply; but taken all in all, Britannia's boiler has a closer affinity with the Doncaster designs than with any other.”

2. The condition of being placed.
3. The position of a competitor at the end of a race.