mounting

mounting
1. All preparations made in areas designated for the purpose, in anticipation of an operation. It includes the assembly in the mounting area, preparation and maintenance within the mounting area, movement to loading points, and subsequent embarkation into ships, craft, or aircraft if applicable. 2. (DOD only) A carriage or stand upon which a weapon is placed.

Military dictionary. 2000.

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  • mounting — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 mounting excitement/anger/violence gradually increasing or becoming worse: mounting violence in urban areas | With mounting excitement the children waited for Christmas morning. 2 mounting inflation/debts/losses… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • mounting — I UK [ˈmaʊntɪŋ] / US adjective increasing, especially in a way that makes a situation worse mounting anger/costs/debts II UK [ˈmaʊntɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms mounting : singular mounting plural mountings something to which an object is …   English dictionary

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  • Mounting — Mount Mount, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mounting}.] [OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See {Mount}, n. (above).] 1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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