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US
/dɪsˈpɫeɪsmənt/
]
[ UK /dɪsplˈeɪsmənt/ ]
[ UK /dɪsplˈeɪsmənt/ ]
NOUN
- (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- the act of uniform movement
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
- act of removing from office or employment
- to move something from its natural environment
- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
How To Use displacement In A Sentence
- Now there is positive air displacement - the worker wears a helmet and it blows fresh air from a filter pack on his back or on his belt, and there is a battery pack.
- The single engine, semi-displacement hull form with deep forefoot and a long deep keel actually more closely resembles Down East-style workboats and cruisers.
- There will just be a standing wave created between one place and another, as all points on the wave would have zero net displacement.
- Perceptual displacement of cues modulated performance of the prospective component but not the retrospective component.
- A fracture dislocation occurs across a joint and involves abnormal displacement of the joint surfaces from one another.
- Calculates the piston displacement, speed, acceleration, and analyzes the forces burden of the piston joint - shank - framework . 3.
- The main lobby is cooled with a variety of custom displacement diffusers at each of the four floor levels.
- Aid workers reported finding the displacement camps razed and empty of civilians. Times, Sunday Times
- Really what you're talking about now is not only a larger likelihood of job displacement, but a considerably larger likelihood of being rehired at a lower rate of pay.
- In this case of applied displacement, the initial velocity was not equal to zero at the start of free oscillations.