Displacement

Displacement

Displacement may refer to:

Contents

Physical sciences

Physics

Engineering

  • Engine displacement, the total volume of air/fuel mixture an engine can draw in during one complete engine cycle
  • Displacement (fluid), an object immersed in a fluid pushes the fluid out of the way
  • Positive displacement meter, a pump or flow meter which processes a definite fluid volume per revolution
  • Displacement has several meanings related to ships and boats
    • Displacement hull, where the moving hull's weight is supported by buoyancy alone and it must displace water from its path rather than planing on the water's surface
    • Displacement speed, a rule of thumb for non planing watercraft to estimate their theoretical maximum speed
    • Displacement (ship), several related measurements of a ship's weight
  • Insulation displacement connector, a type of electrical connector
  • Displacement mapping, a technique in 3D computer graphics

Chemistry

  • Single displacement reaction, a chemical reaction concerning the exchange of ions
  • Double displacement reaction, a chemical reaction concerning the exchange of ions
  • Radioactive displacement law of Fajans and Soddy, elements/isotopes created during radioactive decay

Geology

Medicine

Social sciences

Sport

See also


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  • Displacement — Dis*place ment, n. [Cf. F. d[ e]placement.] 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. [1913 Webster] Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] The displacement of the sun by parallax.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • displacement — UK US /dɪˈspleɪsmənt/ noun [U] HR ► a situation in which people are forced to leave their jobs: »job/labour displacement …   Financial and business terms

  • displacement — index banishment, deportation, discharge (dismissal), dismissal (discharge), disqualification (rejection) …   Law dictionary

  • displacement — 1610s, “removal from office;” see DISPLACE (Cf. displace) + MENT (Cf. ment). Physics sense is from c.1810 …   Etymology dictionary

  • displacement — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of displacing. 2) the amount by which a thing is moved from a position. 3) the volume or weight of water displaced by a floating ship, used as a measure of the ship s size. 4) Psychoanalysis the unconscious… …   English terms dictionary

  • displacement — [dis plās′mənt, dis′plās′mənt] n. 1. a displacing or being displaced 2. a) the weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating object; specif., the weight of water, in long tons, displaced by a ship b) the volume displaced by a stroke of a… …   English World dictionary

  • displacement — The total volume of air displaced by all the pistons in travelling from BDC to TDC, i.e., the total volume of air and fuel the cylinder can hold before compression occurs. Also called piston displacement. Also see cubic inch displacement engine… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

  • displacement — /dis plays meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of displacing. 2. the state of being displaced or the amount or degree to which something is displaced. 3. Physics. a. the displacing in space of one mass by another. b. the weight or the volume of fluid… …   Universalium

  • displacement — [[t]dɪsple͟ɪsmənt[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Displacement is the removal of something from its usual place or position by something which then occupies that place or position. [FORMAL] No barrier prevents our gradual, purposeful displacement of tradition …   English dictionary

  • Displacement — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Displacement >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 displacement displacement elocation transposition GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 ejectment ejectment &c. 297 Sgm: N 2 exile exile &c.(banishment) 893 Sgm: N 2 removal …   English dictionary for students

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