DISPLACEMENT REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does displacement reaction mean? 

• DISPLACEMENT REACTION (noun)
  The noun DISPLACEMENT REACTION has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DISPLACEMENT REACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISPLACEMENT REACTION (noun)

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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 reaction" 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)