Displacement
101displacement current — noun : a limited shifting of electric components that occurs within a dielectric when a voltage is applied to or removed from it (as in charging or discharging a capacitor) and that corresponds to the current in the circuit supplying the voltage… …
102displacement law — noun : any of three statements in physics or chemistry: (1) wien s displacement law or (2) the emission of an alpha particle by an atom reduces the atomic number by two while the emission of a beta particle increases it by one or (3) ionization… …
103displacement pump — noun : a pump (as an air lift or pulsometer that raises or transfers a fluid by direct displacement with no transformation of the kinetic energy due to the fluid s motion into potential energy due to pressure …
104displacement activity — noun see displacement II …
105displacement behavior — noun see displacement II …
106displacement ton — noun see ton II * * * disˈplacement ton 7 [displacement ton] noun a unit of measure for the amount of water displaced by a floating ship, equal to one ton …
107displacement — the behavior exhibited in an inappropriate situation occurring usually where there is conflict between incompatible instincts, e.g. aggression and flight, or when the external situation necessary for the completion of an activity does not appear… …
108displacement — n. [OF. desplacier, to displace] An abnormal position of any part due to shifting from its normal position …
109Displacement — Смещение, перемещение; сдвиг; Подача (насоса) …
110displacement — Synonyms and related words: Doppler effect, agency, alienation, amotion, autism, autistic thinking, avatar, avoidance mechanism, banishment, blame shifting, cashiering, catabolism, catalysis, change, commutation, compensation, consubstantiation,… …