displacement

n. act of moving something from its usual place; condition of being displaced; replacing of one thing with another

Displacement may refer to:Displacement (vector), in Newtonian mechanics, specifies the position of a point in reference to an origin or to a previous positionParticle displacement, a measurement of distance of the movement of a particle in a medium as it transmits a waveDisplacement field (mechanics), an assignment of displacement vectors for all points in a body that is displaced from one state to anotherElectric displacement field, as appears in Maxwell's equationsEngine displacement, the total volume of air/fuel mixture an engine can draw in during one complete engine cycleDisplacement (fencing), a movement that avoids or dodges an attackDisplacement (fluid), an object immersed in a fluid pushes it out of the way. Ship measurement Displacement hull, where the moving hull's weight is supported by buoyancy alone and it must displace water from its path rather than planing on the water's surfaceDisplacement speed, a rule of thumb for non planing watercraft to estimate their theoretical maximum speedForced migration, by persecution or violenceDisplacement (psychology), a sub-conscious defense mechanismDisplacement (psiology, parapsychology, psychical science), a statistical or qualitative correspondence between targets and responsesSingle or double displacement reaction, a chemical reaction concerning the exchange of ionsDisplacement (orthopedic surgery), change in alignment of the fracture fragmentsEarth Crustal Displacement, also known as "Pole shift"
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Displacement /dis·place·ment/ 1. removal from the normal position or place. 2. percolation. 3. a defense mechanism in which emotions, ideas, wishes, [more]Displacement - Community and Resources

Noun
1. an event in which something is displaced without rotation
(synonym) shift
(hypernym) translation
(hyponym) amplitude
2. act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
(synonym) supplanting
(hypernym) replacement, replacing
(derivation) displace
3. the act of uniform movement
(synonym) translation
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
4. (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
(synonym) displacement reaction
(hypernym) chemical reaction, reaction
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
(hypernym) defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
(hyponym) transference
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
6. to move something from its natural environment
(synonym) deracination
(hypernym) movement
(derivation) dislocate, displace
7. act of removing from office or employment
(hypernym) rejection

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

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