Standard Lemma guide

dislocation

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S L OW1 K EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: luxation

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: materials science

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: dance, dancing, gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the social dislocations resulting from government policies
  • his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: breakdown

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disruption, perturbation

8

noun

Meaning 8

an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disruption

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interruption, break

9

noun

Meaning 9

a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: injury, hurt, harm, trauma

Narrower terms: abarticulation, diastasis, spondylolisthesis

History

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: изме́стване (izméstvane) — the act of displacing or the state of being displaced
  • Czech: přemístění — the act of displacing or the state of being displaced
  • Indonesian: dislokasi — the act of displacing or the state of being displaced
  • Italian: dislocamento — the act of displacing or the state of being displaced
  • Italian: ripartizione — the act of displacing or the state of being displaced
  • Portuguese: deslocamento — the act of displacing or the state of being displaced
  • Portuguese: deslocação — the act of displacing or the state of being displaced
  • Russian: смеще́ние (smeščénije) — the act of displacing or the state of being displaced
  • Arabic: اِنْخِلَاع (inḵilāʕ) — dislocating of a joint
  • Arabic: خَلْع (ḵalʕ) — dislocating of a joint
  • Armenian: հոդախախտ (hodaxaxt) — dislocating of a joint
  • Belarusian: вы́віх (vývix) — dislocating of a joint
  • Belarusian: звіх (zvix) — dislocating of a joint
  • Belarusian: зьвіх (zʹvix) — dislocating of a joint
  • Bulgarian: изкъ́лчване (izkǎ́lčvane) — dislocating of a joint
  • Bulgarian: навя́хване (navjáhvane) — dislocating of a joint
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脫位 /脱位 (tuōwèi) — dislocating of a joint
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脫臼 /脱臼 (tuōjiù) — dislocating of a joint
  • Czech: vykloubení — dislocating of a joint
  • Dutch: ontwrichting — dislocating of a joint
  • Dutch: luxatie — dislocating of a joint
  • Finnish: sijoiltaanmeno — dislocating of a joint
  • French: luxation — dislocating of a joint
  • Galician: luxación — dislocating of a joint
  • Georgian: ღრძობა (ɣrʒoba) — dislocating of a joint
  • Georgian: ნაღრძობი (naɣrʒobi) — dislocating of a joint
  • German: Verrenkung — dislocating of a joint
  • German: Luxation — dislocating of a joint
  • Greek: εξάρθρωση (exárthrosi) — dislocating of a joint
  • Ancient Greek: ἐξάρθρησις (exárthrēsis) — dislocating of a joint
  • Hungarian: ficam — dislocating of a joint
  • Hungarian: kificamodás — dislocating of a joint
  • Hungarian: kificamítás — dislocating of a joint
  • Indonesian: dislokasi — dislocating of a joint
  • Indonesian: urai sendi — dislocating of a joint
  • Italian: lussazione — dislocating of a joint
  • Japanese: 脱臼 (dakkyū) — dislocating of a joint
  • Japanese: 断層 (dansō) — dislocating of a joint
  • Korean: 탈구 (talgu) — dislocating of a joint
  • Latin: lūxus — dislocating of a joint
  • Macedonian: исколчување (iskolčuvanje) — dislocating of a joint
  • Macedonian: исчашување (isčašuvanje) — dislocating of a joint
  • Norwegian Bokmål: luksasjon — dislocating of a joint
  • Polish: zwichnięcie — dislocating of a joint
  • Portuguese: deslocamento — dislocating of a joint
  • Portuguese: deslocação — dislocating of a joint
  • Portuguese: luxação — dislocating of a joint
  • Romanian: luxație — dislocating of a joint
  • Russian: вы́вих (vývix) — dislocating of a joint
  • Serbo-Croatian: ишчаше́ње — dislocating of a joint
  • Serbo-Croatian: iščašénje — dislocating of a joint
  • Slovak: vykĺbenie — dislocating of a joint
  • Slovene: izpah — dislocating of a joint
  • Spanish: luxación — dislocating of a joint
  • Spanish: dislocación — dislocating of a joint
  • Spanish: lujación — dislocating of a joint
  • Spanish: descoyuntamiento — dislocating of a joint
  • Spanish: dislocadura — dislocating of a joint
  • Swedish: urledvridning — dislocating of a joint
  • Swedish: dislokation — dislocating of a joint
  • Swedish: luxation — dislocating of a joint
  • Tagalog: pagkapiang — dislocating of a joint
  • Ukrainian: ви́вих (vývyx) — dislocating of a joint
  • Ukrainian: звих (zvyx) — dislocating of a joint
  • Bulgarian: дислока́ция (dislokácija) — a linear defect in a crystal lattice
Real reading context

dislocation in complete knowledge articles

Deformation mechanism Science & nature · Advanced · 13 uses