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Definition of Displacing
1. displace [v] - See also: displace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Displacing
Literary usage of Displacing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calculations in Hydraulic Engineering: A Practical Text-book for the Use of by Thomas Claxton Fidler (1898)
"Or, again, at each angle of the same polygon, the radial displacing force would
be — N = 2 X 63 x 0-05233 = 6-59 tons But, in the case of the double socket ..."
2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... saying that it was too soon to give thanks for the displacing of a man, before
they knew or had examined what was the cause of his displacing. ..."
3. Calculations in Hydraulic Engineering: A Practical Text-book for the Use of by Thomas Claxton Fidler (1898)
"Or, again, at each angle of the same polygon, the radial displacing force would
be — N = 2 ... 2 x 73-94 x 0-05233 = 7-74 tons The displacing force would be ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"Diaphragmatic Hernia displacing the Heart ; Death from Uraemia consequent on
Granular Degeneration of the Kidneys.—Dr. AUGUST F. MÜLLER presented the ..."
5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"Removal from the State is made by statute in Indiana, Alabama, and elsewhere, a
ground for displacing the guardian. Nettleton ;•. State, 13 Ind. 159; ..."
6. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1916)
"... where we expect ob In the perf. mid. or 2 aor. pass, of some verbs the grades
e, 17, fi, ev, have been introduced from the present, displacing the ..."
7. Food Consumption Parameters for Brazil and Their Application to Food Policy by Cheryl Williamson Gray (1982)
"Table 35—Effect of displacing maize production with enough sugarcane to produce
1 billion liters of alcohol on the per capita calorie intake of three ..."
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