displacement

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪsˈpleɪsmənt/, /dɪzˈpleɪsmənt/

Noun

displacement (plural displacements)

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

     Unnecessary displacement of funds.

   • William Whewell.

     The displacement of the sun by parallax.

2. The quantity of a liquid displaced by a floating body, as water by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
3. (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.
4. (fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
5. (physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
6. (grammar) 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).

Translations

• German: Verstellung
• Portuguese: deslocamento
• Russian: смеще́ние
• Spanish: desplazamiento

Translations

• Russian: водоизмеще́ние

Translations

• French: déplacement
• Italian: spostamento
• Portuguese: deslocamento
• Russian: перемеще́ние
• Spanish: desplazamiento

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