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displacement
n.
act of moving something from its usual place; condition of being displaced; replacing of one thing with another
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Displacement
Displacement may refer to:
Physical sciences
Physics
- Displacement (vector), the difference between the final and initial position of a point (for instance, the center of mass of a moving object). The actual path covered to reach the final position is irrelevant. It can simply be defined as the length of the shortest path between the final point and initial point of a body
- Particle displacement, a measurement of distance of the movement of a particle in a medium as it transmits a wave (represented in mathematics by the lower-case Greek letter ξ)
- Displacement field (mechanics), an assignment of displacement vectors for all points in a body that is displaced from one state to another
- Electric displacement field, as appears in Maxwell's equations
- Wien's displacement law, a relation concerning the spectral distribution of blackbody radiation
- Angular displacement, a change in orientation of a rigid body, the amount of rotation about a fixed axis.
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displacement
Noun
1. an event in which something is displaced without rotation
(synonym) shift
(hypernym) translation
(hyponym) amplitude
2. act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
(synonym) supplanting
(hypernym) replacement, replacing
(derivation) displace
3. the act of uniform movement
(synonym) translation
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
4. (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
(synonym) displacement reaction
(hypernym) chemical reaction, reaction
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
5. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
(hypernym) defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
(hyponym) transference
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
6. to move something from its natural environment
(synonym) deracination
(hypernym) movement
(derivation) dislocate, displace
7. act of removing from office or employment
(hypernym) rejection
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displacement
n.
přesun; stěhování; výtlak
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displacement
Rzecz.
wysiedlenie; przeniesienie
