displacement

  • 11Displacement — (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 …

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  • 12displacement — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13displacement — 1. Removal from the normal location or position. 2. The adding to a fluid (particularly a gas) in an open vessel one of greater density whereby the first is expelled. 3. In chemistry, a change in which one element, radical, or mole …

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  • 14displacement — noun Date: 1611 1. the act or process of displacing ; the state of being displaced 2. a. the volume or weight of a fluid (as water) displaced by a floating body (as a ship) of equal weight b. the difference between the initial position of… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 15displacement — noun a) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. Unnecessary displacement of funds. b) The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being …

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  • 16displacement —    1. The process of replacing one fluid in a porous medium by another [16].    2. A change in position of a material point. See also miscible displacement …

    Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • 17displacement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Removal from the usual place Nouns 1. displacement, misplacement, dislocation (see disjunction); transposition; ejection, dislodgment, exile; removal (see transportation); fish out of water;… …

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  • 18displacement — a change in position. A displacement may be a translation a rotation or a combination of those …

    Mechanics glossary

  • 19displacement — /dɪsˈpleɪsmənt / (say dis playsmuhnt) noun 1. the act of displacing. 2. the state of being displaced. 3. Physics a change in position expressed in both distance and direction. 4. Physics a. the displacing or replacing of one thing by another, as… …

  • 20displacement — poslinkis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. bias; displacement; shift vok. Verlagerung, f; Verschiebung, f; Vershieben, n rus. сдвиг, m; смещение, n pranc. décalage, m; déplacement, m; dérive, f …

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