displacement
121displacement — UK [dɪsˈpleɪsmənt] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the process of taking the place of someone or something 2) the process of forcing something out of its position or space 3) physics the amount of water that an object pushes out of the way when it is… …
122displacement — dis•place•ment [[t]dɪsˈpleɪs mənt[/t]] n. 1) the act of displacing 2) the state of being displaced or the amount or degree to which something is displaced 3) a) phs the linear or angular distance in a given direction between a body or point and a …
123displacement — Shifting of emotional emphasis from one object to another as a means of disguising or avoiding unacceptable ideas or tendencies …
124displacement — Shifting of emotional emphasis from one object to another as a means of disguising or avoiding unacceptable ideas or tendencies …
125Piston displacement — 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… …
126displacement engine. — See reciprocating engine. * * * …
127displacement hull — Naut. a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way. Cf. planing hull. * * * …
128displacement law — ▪ physics in physics, any of the statements (originally formulated in 1913) that radioactive decay (radioactivity) produces daughter atoms whose position in the periodic table of the chemical elements is shifted from that of their parents:… …
