DISPLACEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does displacement mean? 

• DISPLACEMENT (noun)
  The noun DISPLACEMENT has 7 senses:

1. act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

2. an event in which something is displaced without rotation

3. the act of uniform movement

4. (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

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

7. act of removing from office or employment

  Familiarity information: DISPLACEMENT used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISPLACEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

displacement; supplanting

Hypernyms ("displacement" is a kind of...):

replacement; replacing (the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An event in which something is displaced without rotation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

displacement; shift

Hypernyms ("displacement" is a kind of...):

translation (a uniform movement without rotation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "displacement"):

amplitude ((physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave)

luxation (displacement or misalignment of a joint or organ)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of uniform movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

displacement; translation

Hypernyms ("displacement" is a kind of...):

motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

displacement; displacement reaction

Hypernyms ("displacement" is a kind of...):

chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("displacement" is a kind of...):

defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)

Domain category:

psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "displacement"):

transference ((psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst)

Sense 6

Meaning:

To move something from its natural environment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deracination; displacement

Hypernyms ("displacement" is a kind of...):

movement (the act of changing the location of something)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Act of removing from office or employment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("displacement" is a kind of...):

rejection (the act of rejecting something)

 Context examples 

Glyburide, also called glibenclamide, is more likely to cause hypoglycemic episodes due to its longer half-life and possible displacement by other highly protein bound drugs.

(Glyburide, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Eklund views and implant displacement views.

(Eklund displacement views, NCI Dictionary)

A rare congenital heart malformation characterized by apical displacement of the opening of the tricuspid valve.

(Ebstein Anomaly, NCI Thesaurus)

Displacement of the femur bone from its normal position at the HIP JOINT.

(Hip Dislocation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Also called Eklund displacement views and Eklund views.

(Implant displacement views, NCI Dictionary)

The ability to detect extremely small displacements make nanocantilever beams an ideal device for detecting extremely small forces, stresses and masses.

(Nanocantilever, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An invasive lobular carcinoma characterized by the presence of malignant epithelial cells with large intracytoplasmic lumina that cause displacement of the nuclei towards one pole of the cells.

(Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma, Signet Ring Variant, NCI Thesaurus)

A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position.

(Dislocation, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called Eklund displacement views and implant displacement views.

(Eklund views, NCI Dictionary)

A rare genetic brain malformation characterized by displacement of the brain stem and cerebellum through the foramen magnum.

(Arnold-Chiari Malformation, NCI Thesaurus)