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Definitions for: Displacement
[n] act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
[n] act of removing from office or employment
[n] to move something from its natural environment
[n] the act of uniform movement
[n] an event in which something is displaced without rotation
[n] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
[n] (chemistry) a chemical reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: deracination, displacement reaction, shift, supplanting, translation
See Also: amplitude, chemical reaction, defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction, luxation, motion, move, movement, reaction, rejection, replacement, replacing, translation
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