Place

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A place is a location in space.

Place may refer to:

• Place (mathematics), an equivalence relation defined on absolute values of an integral domain or field
• Place (United States Census Bureau), defined as any concentration of population
  • Census-designated place, a populated area lacking its own municipal government
  • Incorporated place, a populated area with its own municipal government
• Place setting, a table setting for a single diner
• Place identity, a group of ideas concerning significance and meanings that particular places have for their inhabitants and users
• Place/transition net, a mathematical representation of discrete distributed systems
• Place value, the specific position occupied by each digit in a numeral
• Sense of place, a phenomenon in which people strongly identify with a particular geographical area or location
• Place, a type of bet

Place may also be:

• Unity of place, one of the three classical unities for drama derived from Aristotle's Poetics
• Locus, the Latin word for "place"
• An individual's place in society, or social position
• A street type designation for a cul-de-sac
• Part of the name of a public space such as a town square, plaza or piazza
• In the United Kingdom, as a gazetteer entry for a location which does not have an official status such as town or parish but is nonetheless identifiable

Persons with the surname of Place:

• Etta Place
• Francis Place
• Basil Charles Godfrey Place (1921–1994), a British naval officer
• Martha M. Place (1855?–1899), an American murderer
• Mary Kay Place
• Robert M. Place
• Ullin Place, a philosopher

Other

• Melrose Place, a television series
• Peyton Place, a novel, film and television series
• Place House, a historic building in Fowey, Cornwall
• A common misspelling of Plaice, a type of fish

[edit] See also

• All pages beginning with place
• All pages beginning with placing
• Placement (disambiguation)
• Set (disambiguation)
• Placé, a commune in Pays de la Loire, France