POSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posed mean? 

• POSED (adjective)
  The adjective POSED has 1 sense:

1. arranged for pictorial purposes

  Familiarity information: POSED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arranged for pictorial purposes

Classified under:

Participial adjectives

Antonym:

unposed (not arranged for pictorial purposes)

Participle:

pose (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)

 Context examples 

A conversation with an individual regarding his or her background and other personal and professional details, opinions on specific subjects posed by the interviewer, etc.

(Interview, NCI Thesaurus)

A meaningful value answers the question posed by a Data Element Concept.

(Missing Value Reason, NCI Thesaurus)

Other clusters of stars seen below NGC 1333 in this image have posed a fascinating mystery for astronomers: They appear to contain stellar infants, adolescents and adults.

(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)

He forgave everybody, even the cub reporter who had painted him red and to whom he now granted a full page with specially posed photographs.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

In addition, the danger is posed by terrestrial microorganisms that returned from space after visiting another planet and transforming in an unknown manner in its atmosphere.

(Mutated Terrestrial Bacteria That Return from Space Pose Threat to Life on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Study design is driven by the research hypothesis that is being posed, study subject/population/sample available, logistics/resources: technology, support, networking, collaborative support, etc.

(Nonclinical Study Design, NCI Thesaurus)

He also possessed a philosophic bent, to the great delight of his grandfather, who used to hold Socratic conversations with him, in which the precocious pupil occasionally posed his teacher, to the undisguised satisfaction of the womenfolk.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Decreased cloudiness allowed more solar radiation to reach the plants, which typically promotes photosynthesis, but in this case it likely posed an extra stress on the plants from the resulting depletion of soil moisture.

(NASA finds drought may take toll on Congo rainforest, NASA)

An EU report on the health risks of electromagnetic waves is yet to be published, but what should we be concerned about and how does the EU plan to avoid the risks posed to health?

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)