the vertical distribution of the written notes of a chord in which the root of the chord is in the bass
position (sense 12a), inversion (sense 5a)
root position in American English
noun
Music
the position of a triad in which the root is in the bass
Word origin
[1890–95]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, bootstrap, masochism, phoneme, plein-air