displacements

/D IH0 S P L EY1 S M AH0 N T S/

noun

1
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
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.
3
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
(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).

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