Usually means: Assumptions or assertions put forward.
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  1. posits: Merriam-Webster
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  3. posits: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. posits: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  1. posits: Legal dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (posit)

noun:  Something that is posited; a postulate.
noun:  (computing) A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.
verb:  To assume the existence of; to postulate.
verb:  To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
verb:  To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
noun:  (aviation) Abbreviation of position. [A place or location.]
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