setting

Definitions

General English

• noun the background for a story

Aviation

• noun a particular figure or position which a device is adjusted to
• noun the action of adjusting a device to a particular position, etc.

Electronics

• The position, direction, level, value, scale, or other manner in which something is set.

Information & Library Science

• noun the time and place where the action of a book or film happens
• noun the position of the controls on a machine

Military

• noun a position in which the control knobs or switches of an apparatus are set

Travel

• noun the scenery around, or background for, a building

Nearby Definitions of “setting”

• set point
• set-top box
• set up
• SETI
• setscrew
• setting
• settle
• settlement
• settlement day
• settling basin
• settling time

Contexts for “setting”

8 definitions in context
• General English
• Aviation
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science
• Military
• Travel