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41Displacement (ship) — As weight is added to a ship, it submerges. Designated displacement is the ship s weight when fully loaded and submerged to her load lines. A ship s displacement is its weight[1] at any given time, generally expressed in metric tons or long tons …
42Displacement ventilation — See also: Underfloor air distribution Displacement ventilation is an room air distribution strategy where conditioned outdoor air is supplied at floor level and extracted above the occupied zone, usually at ceiling height.[1] Contents 1 System… …
43Displacement (psychology) — In Freudian psychology, displacement (German Verschiebung, shift or move ) is an unconscious defense mechanism whereby the mind redirects effects from an object felt to be dangerous or unacceptable to an object felt to be safe or acceptable.[1]… …
44Displacement operator — Quantum optics operators Ladder operators Creation and annihilation operators Displacement operator Rotation operator (quantum mechanics) Squeeze operator Anti symmetric operator Quantum corre …
45Displacement field (mechanics) — A displacement field is an assignment of displacement vectors for all points in a region or body that is displaced from one state to another. A displacement vector specifies the position of a point or a particle in reference to an origin or to a… …
46Displacement activity — A displacement activity is the result of two contradicting instincts in a particular situation. Birds, for example, may peck at grass when uncertain whether to attack or flee from an opponent; similarly, a human may scratch his or her head when… …
47displacement current — Elect. the rate of change, at any point in space, of electric displacement with time. [1890 95] * * * ▪ electronics in electromagnetism, a phenomenon analogous to an ordinary electric current, posited to explain magnetic fields that are… …
48Displacement receiver — A displacement receiver is a device that responds to or is sensitive to directed distance (displacement). Examples of displacement receivers include carbon microphones, strain gauges, and pressure sensors or force sensors, which, to within an… …
49Displacement (fluid) — Two graduated cylinders containing water, one with a rock submerged in it, showing the increased water level due to displacement In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking… …
50Displacement chess — a b c d e f g h …
