displacement

American  

[dis-pleys-muhnt] / dɪsˈpleɪs mənt /

noun

1. the act of displacing.

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

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

4. Physics.

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

   2. the weight or the volume of fluid displaced by a floating or submerged body.

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

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

5. Machinery, Automotive.

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

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

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

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

8. electric displacement.

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displacement British  

/ dɪsˈpleɪsmənt /

noun

1. the act of displacing or the condition of being displaced

2. the weight or volume displaced by a floating or submerged body in a fluid

3. chem another name for substitution

4. the volume displaced by the piston of a reciprocating pump or engine

5. psychoanal the transferring of emotional feelings from their original object to one that disguises their real nature

6. geology the distance any point on one side of a fault plane has moved in relation to a corresponding point on the opposite side

7. astronomy an apparent change in position of a body, such as a star

8.  s.  maths the distance measured in a particular direction from a reference point

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displacement Scientific  

/ dĭs-plās′mənt /

1. Chemistry A chemical reaction in which an atom, radical, or molecule replaces another in a compound.

2. 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.

3. The weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating body, used especially as a measurement of the weight or bulk of ships.

4. The volume displaced by a single stroke of a piston in an engine or pump.

5. Geology

   1. The relative movement between the two sides of a geologic fault.

   2. The distance between the two sides of a fault.

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Other Word Forms

• predisplacement noun

Etymology

Origin of displacement

First recorded in 1605–15; displace + -ment

Example Sentences

"But only six classrooms per shift. There is a large displacement camp next to the school - families from northern and eastern Gaza. Many children want to enrol. We simply cannot take them."

From BBC

Although Snoop Dogg had also set up a donation center for fire victims, the couple chose not to share their own displacement with him or anyone else in the music industry.

From Los Angeles Times

College students and their parents are trying to assess the future of entry-level work in a white-collar employment landscape marked by slow hiring, layoffs and AI displacement of knowledge workers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Economic collapse and political repression led roughly 8 million Venezuelans to emigrate since 2014, making it one of the world’s largest displacement crises.

From Los Angeles Times

These stories, undoubtedly, received the highest number of visits, as the Eaton and Palisades fires brought disruption, displacement and uncertainty across the city.

From Los Angeles Times