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Definition of Displacement
1. Noun. Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
2. Noun. An event in which something is displaced without rotation.
Specialized synonyms: Amplitude, Luxation
Generic synonyms: Translation
Derivative terms: Shift, Shift, Shift
3. Noun. The act of uniform movement.
4. Noun. (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound.
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Chemical Reaction, Reaction
5. Noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one.
Specialized synonyms: Transference
Generic synonyms: Defence, Defence Mechanism, Defence Reaction, Defense, Defense Mechanism, Defense Reaction
6. Noun. To move something from its natural environment.
7. Noun. Act of removing from office or employment.
Definition of Displacement
1. n. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
Definition of Displacement
1. Noun. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. ¹
2. Noun. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body. ¹
3. Noun. (chemistry) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. ¹
4. Noun. (fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging. ¹
5. Noun. (physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component. ¹
6. Noun. (grammar) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Displacement
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Medical Definition of Displacement
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1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
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