displacement

displacement

displacement (plural displacements)

1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Hamilton

     Unnecessary displacement of funds.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William Whewell.

     The displacement of the sun by parallax.

2. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
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.
4. (fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
5. (physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
6. (grammar) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

cilindrata

dislocamento

dislocazione

rimozione

spazio

spostamento

Altri significati:

the state of being displaced

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

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

(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.

(engine) displacement

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

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

(grammar) '''This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.'''

The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship

displacement (of a ship)

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