Displacement Definition

dĭs-plāsmənt
displacements
noun
displacements
A displacing or being displaced.
Webster's New World
The condition of having been displaced.
American Heritage Medicine
A reaction in which an atom, radical, ion, or molecule replaces another in a compound.
American Heritage
The weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating object; specif., the weight of water, in long tons, displaced by a ship.
Webster's New World
The difference between a later position of a thing and its original position.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Displacement

Noun

Singular:
displacement
Plural:
displacements

Origin of Displacement

  • From French déplacement.

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Displacement Sentence Examples

  • This displacement is in no way finished; in fact, it has hardly begun.

  • We have already called attention to the gradual displacement of the gild merchant by the craft organizations.

  • If P represent the average value of the component of a force in the direction of the displacement, s, of its point of application, the product Ps measures the work done during the displacement.

  • Mechanical ventilation may be effected either by direct exhaustion or centrifugal displacement of the air to be removed.

  • Then the displacement at 0 will take place in a direction perpendicular to 0 1 0, and lying in the plane Z0 1 0; and, if 1' be the displacement at 0, reckoned positive in the direction nearest to that in which the incident vibrations are reckoned positive, = 4?y (1 +cos 0) sin 4 f' (bt - r).

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With D and Ending With T

Starts With D & Ends With TStarts With DI & Ends With TStarts With D & Ends With NT

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With D12 Letter Words Ending With T