Displacement - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪsˈpleɪsmənt|
Brit.
|dɪsˈpleɪsm(ə)nt|
noun
- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation (syn: shift)
- the act of uniform movement (syn: translation)
- (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
- to move something from its natural environment
- act of removing from office or employment
- an event in which something is displaced without rotation (syn: shift)
- the act of uniform movement (syn: translation)
- (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
- to move something from its natural environment
- act of removing from office or employment
Extra examples
The war has caused the displacement of thousands of people.
The displacement of the Sun in parallax is imperceptible.
Job displacement is occurring right across-the-board.
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