displacement
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displacement
- /dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt/
- /dɪzˈpleɪsmənt/
Rhymes with -eɪsmənt
Where it comes from
From French déplacement. Morphologically displace + -ment.
noun displacements
- The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. Unnecessary displacement of funds.
- 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.
- 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.
- Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
- A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
- 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).
- The transfer of feelings or emotions from their intended recipient to another object or person.
- The amount of liquid displaced by a submerged object.
- The transfer of electricity along tubes of induction and thereby polarizing a dielectric.
- Ellipsis of engine displacement
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: translation, shift, supplanting, removal, dislocation, displace, expulsion, eviction, evacuate, departure, uprooted, deportation, delocalization, disqualification, exile, relocation
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noun the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
| Deutsch | Verdrängung, Deplacement, Wasserverdrängung |
|---|---|
| Русский | водоизмеще́ние vodoizmeščénije |
noun the state of being displaced
| Español | desplazamiento |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 位移 wèiyí |
| Português | deslocamento |
| Deutsch | Verstellung, Verlagerung, Vertreibung, Verschiebung, Verdrängung, Versatz |
| Ελληνικά | μετατόπιση metatópisi |
| Română | deplasament, dezlocuire, dislocare |
| Русский | смеще́ние smeščénije, перемеще́ние peremeščénije, сдвиг sdvig |
| العربية | إِزَاحَة ʔizāḥa, نُزُوح nuzūḥ |
noun physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
| Español | desplazamiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 변위 byeonwi |
| 日本語 | 変位 hen'i |
| 中文 | 位移 wèiyí |
| हिन्दी | विस्थापन visthāpan |
| Português | deslocamento |
| Français | déplacement |
| Deutsch | Parallelverschiebung, Verschiebung, Verschiebeweg, Verschiebungsvektor, Abstand, Abstandsvektor |
| Italiano | spostamento |
| Ελληνικά | μετατόπιση metatópisi |
| Русский | перемеще́ние peremeščénije |
| Tiếng Việt | li độ, độ dời |
| العربية | إِزَاحَة ʔizāḥa |
| עברית | העתק he'eték |
noun engine size
| Español | cilindrada, cubicaje |
|---|
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title = {displacement},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/displacement},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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