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Possible definitions for displacements
displacement
displacement
n 1: an event in which something is displaced without rotation
[syn: {shift}]
2: act of taking the place of another especially using
underhanded tactics [syn: {supplanting}]
3: the act of uniform movement [syn: {translation}]
4: (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance
displaces and sets free a constituent element from a
compound [syn: {displacement reaction}]
5: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or
reaction from the original object to some more acceptable
one
6: to move something from its natural environment [syn: {deracination}]
7: act of removing from office or employment
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