01 n. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
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The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.“Unnecessary displacement of funds.” — A. Hamilton.“The displacement of the sun by parallax.” — Whewell.
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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.
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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.(Chem.)
Phrases & compounds
Piston displacement —
the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.