positioner

plural positioners

1. That which positions.

   Men and women end up recognising each other not only in their commodities (a car, a mobile phone), but also in their capacity to influence as positioners of these needs and satisfactions (Marcuse 1987).

   2022, Cristina Fernández-Rovira, Santiago Giraldo-Luque, Predictive Technology in Social Media

   1. Any mechanical device used to position something.
   2. The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.