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dis·place·ment
 displacement
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- pronunciation:
- dIs
pleIs
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noun |
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the act of displacing, or the condition or extent of being displaced.
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the weight or volume of fluid displaced by a floating object, esp. the amount of water displaced by a ship.
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in physics, the linear or angular distance of an object or point from a central or reference point or line.
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in psychoanalysis, the shift of feeling from its original or appropriate object to another object.
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