Dictionary

displacement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪzˈpleɪsmənt/
• /dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt/

Etymology

From French déplacement. Morphologically displace + -ment.

Meanings

1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
   • The displacement of the sun by parallax. 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences:
   • Unnecessary displacement of funds. 1793, Alexander Hamilton, Loans […] :
2. The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.
3. (dated) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.
4. Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
5. A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
6. The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).
7. The transfer of feelings or emotions from their intended recipient to another object or person.
8. (qualifier:fluid mechanics) The amount of liquid displaced by a submerged object.
9. The transfer of electricity along tubes of induction and thereby polarizing a dielectric.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of engine displacement.
    alt of engine displacement

Forms

Deriveds

predisplacement · displacement current (Compound words and expressions) · displacement ton (Compound words and expressions) · displacement activity (Compound words and expressions) · there is no replacement for displacement (Compound words and expressions) · engine displacement (Compound words and expressions) · Wien's displacement law (Compound words and expressions) · positive displacement pump (Compound words and expressions) · postdisplacement · displacement speed (Compound words and expressions) · nondisplacement · centre of displacement (Compound words and expressions) · redisplacement · displacement mapping (Compound words and expressions) · microdisplacement · absement · retrodisplacement

Translations (130)

de Verschiebeweg (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · te స్థానభ్రంశము (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · sn nhambwe yasudurukwa (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · gv scughey uillinagh (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · bg изместване (the state of being displaced) · ru водоизмеще́ние (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · hu eltolódás (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · de Auslenkung (the state of being displaced) · de Deplacement (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · hu kimozdítás (the state of being displaced) · ro deplasament (the state of being displaced) · is tilfærsla (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · ru перемеще́ние (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · as সৰণ (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · es cubicaje (engine size) · tk orun üýtgetme (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · th การกระจัด (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · ar إِزَاحَة (the state of being displaced) · de Abdrängung (the state of being displaced) · de Abstandsvektor (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · cy dadleoliad (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · ja 変位 (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · hu vízkiszorítás (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · de Adressabstand (the state of being displaced) · de Ersatz (the state of being displaced) · no deplasement (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · ro dislocare (the state of being displaced) · mi peinga (the state of being displaced) · de Verschiebung (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · pl przemieszczenie (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · hu eltolás (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · fi siirtyminen (the state of being displaced) · de Verstellung (the state of being displaced) · nb deplasement (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · de Parallelverschiebung (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · hu kiszorítás (the state of being displaced) · eo delokeco (the state of being displaced) · am ምዕራፍ (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · de Wasserverdrängung (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · mg hotikotiky (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · ht deplasman (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · uk перемі́щення (the state of being displaced) · tl galaw (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · yue 位移 (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · de Absetzung (the state of being displaced) · de Verlagerung (the state of being displaced) · de Deplatzierung (the state of being displaced) · uk переміщення (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · ar نُزُوح (the state of being displaced) · ro dezlocuire (the state of being displaced) · uk змі́щення (the state of being displaced) · ca desplaçament (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · de Displacement (the state of being displaced) · cmn 位移 (the state of being displaced) · tr yer değiştirme (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · pt deslocamento (the state of being displaced) · de Distanz (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · es cilindrada (engine size) · ta இடப்பெயர்ச்சி (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · sq zhvendosje (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · de Verdrängung (the state of being displaced) · fi paikaltaan siirtyminen (the state of being displaced) · da deplacement (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · id perpindahan (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · mr विस्थापन (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · lv pārvietošanās (the state of being displaced) · de Ausbootung (the state of being displaced) · de Verrückung (the state of being displaced) · ckb دەربەدەرکراو (the state of being displaced) · de Ersetzung (the state of being displaced) · ko 변위 (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · it spostamento (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · fi uppouma (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · mi hūnukutanga (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · de Malposition (the state of being displaced) · fr déplacement (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · et ihe (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · lv pārvietojums (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · bn সরণ (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · pa ਵਿੱਥ (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · ru смеще́ние (the state of being displaced) · ca desplaçament (the state of being displaced) · hi विस्थापन (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · fi siirros (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · be перамяшчэнне (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · fi tilavuus (engine size) · fi uppoama (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · ms sesaran (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · pt deslocamento (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · mi rūanga (the state of being displaced) · ru перемеще́ние (the state of being displaced) · hu elmozdítás (the state of being displaced) · el μετατόπιση (the state of being displaced) · sq zhvendosje (the state of being displaced) · fi iskutilavuus (engine size) · de Vertreibung (the state of being displaced) · cv куҫнӑлӑх (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · ca desplaçament (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · de Verdrängung (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · vi li độ (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · th ระวางขับน้ำ (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · de Abstand (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · nn deplasement (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · kk ауыстыру (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · bg отместване (the state of being displaced) · ru сдвиг (the state of being displaced) · hu elmozdulás (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · fi siirtymä (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · de Versatz (the state of being displaced) · ar إِزَاحَة (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · es desplazamiento (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · es desplazamiento (the state of being displaced) · eu desplazamendu (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · de Dislokation (the state of being displaced) · sv deplacement (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · bg преместване (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · cmn 位移 (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · bg водоизместимост (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · hu kitelepítés (the state of being displaced) · el μετατόπιση (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · de Versatz (the state of being displaced) · de Verschiebungsvektor (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · gl desprazamento (the state of being displaced) · vi độ dời (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · sq zhvendosje (the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship) · de Verschiebung (the state of being displaced) · de Verformung (the state of being displaced) · de Verlegung (the state of being displaced) · ml സ്ഥാനാന്തരം (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component) · he העתק (physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component)