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dis·place·ment

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–noun

1.	the act of displacing.

2.	the state of being displaced or the amount or degree to which something is displaced.

Physics.

a.	the displacing in space of one mass by another.

b.	the weight or the volume of fluid displaced by a floating or submerged body. Compare Archimedes' principle.

c.	the linear or angular distance in a given direction between a body or point and a reference position.

d.	the distance of an oscillating body from its central position or point of equilibrium at any given moment.

Machinery, Automotive.

a.	the volume of the space through which a piston travels during a single stroke in an engine, pump, or the like.

b.	the total volume of the space traversed by all the pistons.

5.	Nautical. the amount of water that a vessel displaces, expressed in displacement tons.

6.	Geology. the offset of rocks caused by movement along a fault.

7.	Psychoanalysis. the transfer of an emotion from its original focus to another object, person, or situation.

8.	electric displacement.

[Origin: 1605–15; displace + -ment

]

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dis·place·ment Audio Help (dĭs-plās'mənt) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act of displacing.
2. The condition of having been displaced.
3. A vector or the magnitude of a vector from the initial position to a subsequent position assumed by a body.
4. The weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating body, used especially as a measurement of the weight or bulk of ships.
5. The relative movement between the two sides of a fault.
6. The distance between the two sides of a fault. Also called dislocation.
Chemistry A reaction in which an atom, radical, or molecule replaces another in a compound.
Physics
1. A vector or the magnitude of a vector from the initial position to a subsequent position assumed by a body.
2. The weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating body, used especially as a measurement of the weight or bulk of ships.
3. The relative movement between the two sides of a fault.
4. The distance between the two sides of a fault. Also called dislocation.
The volume displaced by a single stroke of a piston in an engine or pump.
Geology
1. The relative movement between the two sides of a fault.
2. The distance between the two sides of a fault. Also called dislocation.
Psychiatry A psychological defense mechanism in which there is an unconscious shift of emotions, affect, or desires from the original object to a more acceptable or immediate substitute.

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displacement
noun
1.	act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics [syn: supplanting]
2.	an event in which something is displaced without rotation [syn: shift]
3.	the act of uniform movement [syn: translation]
4.	(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
5.	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
6.	to move something from its natural environment
7.	act of removing from office or employment

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displacement Audio Help (dĭs-plās'mənt) Pronunciation Key

Chemistry A chemical reaction in which an atom, radical, or molecule replaces another in a compound.
Physics A vector, or the magnitude of a vector, that points from an initial position (of a body or reference frame) to a subsequent position.
The weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating body, used especially as a measurement of the weight or bulk of ships.
The volume displaced by a single stroke of a piston in an engine or pump.
Geology
1. The relative movement between the two sides of a geologic fault.
2. The distance between the two sides of a fault. Also called dislocation.

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displacement dis·place·ment (dĭs-plās'mənt)
n.

Removal from the normal location or position.
A defense mechanism in which there is an unconscious shift of emotions, affect, or desires from the original object to a more acceptable or immediate substitute.
A chemical reaction in which an atom, a radical, or a molecule replaces another in a compound.

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Main Entry: dis·place·ment
Pronunciation: -'plA-sm&nt
Function: noun
1 a : the act or process of removing something from its usualor proper place or the state resulting from this : DISLOCATION displacement of a knee joint> b : PERCOLATION 3
2 : the quantity in which or the degree to which something isdisplaced
3 a : the redirection of an emotion or impulse from its original object (as an idea or person) to something that is more acceptable b : SUBLIMATION 2 c : the substitution of another form of behavior for what is usual or expected especially whenthe usual response is nonadaptive called also displacement activity, displacement behavior

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Displacement

Dis*place"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]placement.]

1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

Unnecessary displacement of funds. --A. Hamilton.

The displacement of the sun by parallax. --Whewell.

2. 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.

3. (Chem.) 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.

Piston displacement (Mech.), 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.

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