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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place to stand; a basis of operations, either physical or metaphysical.
- noun According to Diogenes Laertius, Archimedes said, “Give me where I may stand (
που%21 στω%21 ), and with a lever I could move the world.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A place to stand upon; a locus standi; hence, a foundation or basis for operations.
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