Place

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

ee also

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* Placement (disambiguation)
* Set (disambiguation)
* Placé, a commune in Pays de la Loire, France