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/dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt/
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D IH0 S P L EY1 S M AH0 N T
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The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
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Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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The transfer of feelings or emotions from their intended recipient to another object or person.
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Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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The amount of liquid displaced by a submerged object.
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Qualifier: fluid mechanics
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The transfer of electricity along tubes of induction and thereby polarizing a dielectric.
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Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Ellipsis of engine displacement.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
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act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: supplanting
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Broader terms: replacement, replacing
act of removing from office or employment
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Broader terms: rejection
to move something from its natural environment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deracination
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Broader terms: movement
the act of uniform movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: translation
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Broader terms: motion, movement, move
an event in which something is displaced without rotation
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Synonyms: shift
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Broader terms: translation
Narrower terms: amplitude, luxation
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
Narrower terms: transference
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: displacement reaction
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Broader terms: chemical reaction, reaction
From French déplacement. Morphologically displace + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
123 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian :
zhvendosje
— the state of being displaced
Arabic :
إِزَاحَة
(ʔizāḥa)
— the state of being displaced
Arabic :
نُزُوح
(nuzūḥ)
— the state of being displaced
Bulgarian :
изместване
(izmestvane)
— the state of being displaced
Bulgarian :
отместване
(otmestvane)
— the state of being displaced
Catalan :
desplaçament
— the state of being displaced
Chinese Mandarin :
位移
(wèiyí)
— the state of being displaced
Esperanto :
delokeco
— the state of being displaced
Galician :
desprazamento
— the state of being displaced
German :
Verstellung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Verlagerung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Vertreibung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Verschiebung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Verdrängung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Versatz
— the state of being displaced
German :
Ersatz
— the state of being displaced
German :
Auslenkung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Absetzung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Ersetzung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Verrückung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Verformung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Dislokation
— the state of being displaced
German :
Malposition
— the state of being displaced
German :
Deplatzierung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Displacement
— the state of being displaced
German :
Versatz
— the state of being displaced
German :
Ausbootung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Abdrängung
— the state of being displaced
German :
Adressabstand
— the state of being displaced
German :
Verlegung
— the state of being displaced
Greek :
μετατόπιση
(metatópisi)
— the state of being displaced
Hungarian :
elmozdítás
— the state of being displaced
Hungarian :
kimozdítás
— the state of being displaced
Hungarian :
kiszorítás
— the state of being displaced
Hungarian :
kitelepítés
— the state of being displaced
Central Kurdish :
دەربەدەرکراو
(derbederkraw)
— the state of being displaced
Latvian :
pārvietošanās
— the state of being displaced
Māori :
rūanga
— the state of being displaced
Māori :
peinga
— the state of being displaced
Portuguese :
deslocamento
— the state of being displaced
Romanian :
deplasament
— the state of being displaced
Romanian :
dezlocuire
— the state of being displaced
Romanian :
dislocare
— the state of being displaced
Russian :
смеще́ние
(smeščénije)
— the state of being displaced
Russian :
перемеще́ние
(peremeščénije)
— the state of being displaced
Russian :
сдвиг
(sdvig)
— the state of being displaced
Spanish :
desplazamiento
— the state of being displaced
Ukrainian :
змі́щення
(zmíščennja)
— the state of being displaced
Ukrainian :
перемі́щення
(peremíščennja)
— the state of being displaced
Albanian :
zhvendosje
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Bulgarian :
водоизместимост
(vodoizmestimost)
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Catalan :
desplaçament
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Danish :
deplacement
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Finnish :
uppoama
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Finnish :
uppouma
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
German :
Verdrängung
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
German :
Deplacement
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
German :
Wasserverdrängung
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Hungarian :
vízkiszorítás
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Norwegian :
deplasement
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Norwegian Bokmål :
deplasement
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Norwegian Nynorsk :
deplasement
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Russian :
водоизмеще́ние
(vodoizmeščénije)
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Swedish :
deplacement
— the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Albanian :
zhvendosje
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Amharic :
ምዕራፍ
(məʿraf)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Arabic :
إِزَاحَة
(ʔizāḥa)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Assamese :
সৰণ
(xoron)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Basque :
desplazamendu
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Belarusian :
перамяшчэнне
(pjeramjaščennje)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Bengali :
সরণ
(śoron)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Bulgarian :
преместване
(premestvane)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Catalan :
desplaçament
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Chinese Cantonese :
位移
(wai6 ji4)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Chinese Mandarin :
位移
(wèiyí)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Chuvash :
куҫнӑлӑх
(kuśnălăh)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Estonian :
ihe
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
French :
déplacement
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
German :
Parallelverschiebung
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
German :
Verschiebung
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
German :
Verschiebeweg
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
German :
Verschiebungsvektor
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
German :
Abstand
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
German :
Abstandsvektor
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
German :
Distanz
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Greek :
μετατόπιση
(metatópisi)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Haitian Creole :
deplasman
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Hebrew :
העתק
(he'eték)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Hindi :
विस्थापन
(visthāpan)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Hungarian :
elmozdulás
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Hungarian :
eltolódás
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Hungarian :
eltolás
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Icelandic :
tilfærsla
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Indonesian :
perpindahan
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Italian :
spostamento
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Japanese :
変位
(hen'i)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Kazakh :
ауыстыру
(auystyru)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Korean :
변위
(byeonwi)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Latvian :
pārvietojums
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Malagasy :
hotikotiky
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Malay :
sesaran
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Malayalam :
സ്ഥാനാന്തരം
(sthānāntaraṁ)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Manx :
scughey uillinagh
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Māori :
hūnukutanga
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Marathi :
विस्थापन
(visthāpan)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Polish :
przemieszczenie
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Portuguese :
deslocamento
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Punjabi :
ਵਿੱਥ
(vittha)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Russian :
перемеще́ние
(peremeščénije)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Shona :
nhambwe yasudurukwa
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Spanish :
desplazamiento
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Tagalog :
galaw
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Tamil :
இடப்பெயர்ச்சி
(iṭappeyarcci)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Telugu :
స్థానభ్రంశము
(sthānabhraṁśamu)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Thai :
การกระจัด
(gaan-grà-jàt)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Turkish :
yer değiştirme
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Turkmen :
orun üýtgetme
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Ukrainian :
переміщення
(peremiščennja)
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Vietnamese :
li độ
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Vietnamese :
độ dời
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Welsh :
dadleoliad
— physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Spanish :
cilindrada
— engine size
Spanish :
cubicaje
— engine size