- displacement
- a change in position. A displacement may be a translation a rotation or a combination of those.
Mechanics glossary. 2013.
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Displacement — may refer to: Contents 1 Physical sciences 1.1 Physics 1.2 Engineering … Wikipedia
Displacement — Dis*place ment, n. [Cf. F. d[ e]placement.] 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. [1913 Webster] Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] The displacement of the sun by parallax.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
displacement — UK US /dɪˈspleɪsmənt/ noun [U] HR ► a situation in which people are forced to leave their jobs: »job/labour displacement … Financial and business terms
displacement — index banishment, deportation, discharge (dismissal), dismissal (discharge), disqualification (rejection) … Law dictionary
displacement — 1610s, “removal from office;” see DISPLACE (Cf. displace) + MENT (Cf. ment). Physics sense is from c.1810 … Etymology dictionary
displacement — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of displacing. 2) the amount by which a thing is moved from a position. 3) the volume or weight of water displaced by a floating ship, used as a measure of the ship s size. 4) Psychoanalysis the unconscious… … English terms dictionary
displacement — [dis plās′mənt, dis′plās′mənt] n. 1. a displacing or being displaced 2. a) the weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating object; specif., the weight of water, in long tons, displaced by a ship b) the volume displaced by a stroke of a… … English World dictionary
displacement — The total volume of air displaced by all the pistons in travelling from BDC to TDC, i.e., the total volume of air and fuel the cylinder can hold before compression occurs. Also called piston displacement. Also see cubic inch displacement engine… … Dictionary of automotive terms
displacement — /dis plays meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of displacing. 2. the state of being displaced or the amount or degree to which something is displaced. 3. Physics. a. the displacing in space of one mass by another. b. the weight or the volume of fluid… … Universalium
displacement — [[t]dɪsple͟ɪsmənt[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Displacement is the removal of something from its usual place or position by something which then occupies that place or position. [FORMAL] No barrier prevents our gradual, purposeful displacement of tradition … English dictionary
Displacement — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Displacement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 displacement displacement elocation transposition GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 ejectment ejectment &c. 297 Sgm: N 2 exile exile &c.(banishment) 893 Sgm: N 2 removal … English dictionary for students
