English Dictionary

displacement

/dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt/

noun

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

The displacement of the population caused by the natural disaster was devastating.

意味（1）

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

Unnecessary displacement of funds.

意味（2）

The quantity of a liquid displaced by a floating body, as water by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.

意味（3）

(chemistry) 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.

意味（4）

(fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.

意味（5）

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

意味（6）

(grammar) 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).