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Meaning
Noun
●
The
act
of
displacing
, or the
state of being
displaced
; a
putting out
of place.
●
The
weight
of a
ship
or other
floating
vessel
,
traditionally
measured
or
calculated
by
finding
the
volume
of the
vessel
below the
waterline
when
afloat
, the
weight
of the
displaced
liquid
being
equal
to that of the whole
displacing
body.
●
In 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
.
●
In Fencing:
Moving the
target
to
avoid
an
attack
; dodging.
●
In Physics & Physical quantities:
A
vector
quantity
which
denotes
distance
with a
directional
component.
●
In Grammar & Urban studies:
The
capability
of a communication system to
refer
to things that are not present (that
existed
or will
exist
at another time, or that
exist
at another location).
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Origin
displacement
English
déplacement
French
-ment
French
déplacer
French
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Deformation
Deflection
Dispersion
Dislocation
Velocity
Acceleration
Deceleration
Density
Movement
Motion
Migration
Deformations
Vibration
Drift
Rotation
Distance
Separation
Distortion
Dispossession
Inertia
Amplitude
Outflow
Oscillation
Curvature
Mass
Pressure
Deflections
Polarization
Velocities
Magnitude
Loading
Diffusion
Friction
Force
Shear
Erosion
Dilution
Load
Torque
Buoyancy
Stiffness
Impoverishment
Destruction
Flux
Relocation
Bending
Compression
Flow
Stress
Marginalization
Instability
Angle
Angular Velocity
Tractive Effort
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Rhymes
Basement
Placement
Abasement
Defacement
Debasement
Replacement
Displacement
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