Displacement
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
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Senses
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act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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act of removing from office or employment
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to move something from its natural environment
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the act of uniform movement
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an event in which something is displaced without rotation
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a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- deracinationdisplacement reactionshiftsupplantingtranslation
- plural
- Displacements
- possessive
- Displacement's
- pluralpossessive
- Displacements'