transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstan(t)s ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English stance, staunce, from Middle French estance position, posture, stay, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin * stantia, from Latin stant-, stans, present participle of stare to stand
Date: 14th century
1. chiefly Scottish
a. : station
b. : site
2.
a. : a way of standing or being placed : posture
b. : intellectual or emotional attitude
took an antiwar stance
3.
a. : the position of the feet of a golfer or batter preparatory to making a swing
b. : the position of both body and feet from which an athlete starts or operates