 displacement |
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| 1. | [ noun ] act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | |
| Synonyms: | supplanting | |
| Related terms: | replacement displace | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an event in which something is displaced without rotation | |
| Synonyms: | shift | |
| Related terms: | translation amplitude luxation switch | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the act of uniform movement | |
| Synonyms: | translation | |
| Related terms: | motion translate | |
| 4. | [ noun ] to move something from its natural environment | |
| Synonyms: | deracination | |
| Related terms: | movement displace | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one | |
| Related terms: | defense transference psychiatry | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (chemistry) a chemical reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound | |
| Synonyms: | displacement_reaction | |
| Related terms: | chemical_reaction chemistry | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (work) act of removing from office or employment | |
| Related terms: | rejection | |
| Similar spelling: |
display_case displease display_panel |
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