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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.

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.

5. Noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one.

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

1. 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. 2. The process by which an emotional or behavioural response that is appropriate for one situation appears in another situation for which it is inappropriate. 3. 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. 4. Piston displacement, the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc, displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump. Origin: Cf. F. Deplacement. Source: Websters Dictionary (03 Jul 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Displacement

dispise dispised dispises dispising dispiteous dispiteously dispiteousness displace displaceability displaceable

displaced displaced-person displaced fracture displaced person displaced persons displacement (current term) displacement analysis displacement loop displacement reaction displacement threshold

displacement ton displacement tons displacement unit displacements displacements per atom displacencies displacency displacer displacers displaces

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