the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The point at which one stands; especially, the position from which one's observations are taken and one's opinions formed or delivered; the point of view; the mental situation.
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n. a mental position from which things are viewed
Word Usage
"And I wouldn't suggest that anything we're putting into our backlog today is much difference from a term standpoint of what we've historically seen."