Meanings
noundisplacement (plural displacements)
plural displacements
- The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
Unnecessary displacement of funds.
1793, Alexander Hamilton, Loans […]1 more example
The displacement of the sun by parallax.
1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences - grammarThe capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).
- human sciencesThe transfer of feelings or emotions from their intended recipient to another object or person.
- fluid mechanicsThe amount of liquid displaced by a submerged object.
- businessThe transfer of electricity along tubes of induction and thereby polarizing a dielectric.
- abbreviationellipsisautomotiveEllipsis of engine displacement.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounact of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
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Broader
noun(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
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displacement reaction
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchdéplacement
- Englishdisplacement
From French déplacement. Morphologically displace + -ment.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِزَاحَة, نُزُوح
- إِزَاحَة (ʔizāḥa)the state of being displaced
- نُزُوح (nuzūḥ)the state of being displaced
- إِزَاحَة (ʔizāḥa)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Basque desplazamendu
- desplazamenduphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Bengali সরণ
- সরণ (śoron)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Bulgarian изместване, отместване
- изместване (izmestvane)the state of being displaced
- отместване (otmestvane)the state of being displaced
- преместване (premestvane)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- водоизместимост (vodoizmestimost)the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Catalan desplaçament, desplaçament
- desplaçamentthe state of being displaced
- desplaçamentphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- desplaçamentthe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Chinese Cantonese 位移
- 位移 (wai⁶ ji⁴)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Chinese Mandarin 位移, 位移
- 位移 (wèiyí)the state of being displaced
- 位移 (wèiyí)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Danish deplacement
- deplacementthe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Esperanto delokeco
- delokecothe state of being displaced
Estonian ihe
- ihephysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Finnish siirtyminen, paikaltaan siirtyminen
- siirtyminenthe state of being displaced
- paikaltaan siirtyminenthe state of being displaced
- siirtymäphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- siirrosphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- iskutilavuusengine size
- tilavuusengine size
- uppoamathe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
- uppoumathe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
French déplacement
- déplacementphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
German Verstellung, Verlagerung
- Verstellungthe state of being displaced
- Verlagerungthe state of being displaced
- Vertreibungthe state of being displaced
- Verschiebungthe state of being displaced
- Verdrängungthe state of being displaced
- Versatzthe state of being displaced
- Ersatzthe state of being displaced
- Auslenkungthe state of being displaced
- Absetzungthe state of being displaced
- Ersetzungthe state of being displaced
- Verrückungthe state of being displaced
- Verformungthe state of being displaced
Greek μετατόπιση, μετατόπιση
- μετατόπιση (metatópisi)the state of being displaced
- μετατόπιση (metatópisi)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Hebrew העתק
- העתק (he'eték)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Hindi विस्थापन
- विस्थापन (visthāpan)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Hungarian elmozdítás, kimozdítás
- elmozdításthe state of being displaced
- kimozdításthe state of being displaced
- kiszorításthe state of being displaced
- kitelepítésthe state of being displaced
- elmozdulásphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- eltolódásphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- eltolásphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- vízkiszorításthe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Icelandic tilfærsla
- tilfærslaphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Indonesian perpindahan
- perpindahanphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Italian spostamento
- spostamentophysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Japanese 変位
- 変位 (hen'i)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Korean 변위
- 변위 (byeonwi)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Latvian pārvietošanās, pārvietojums
- pārvietošanāsthe state of being displaced
- pārvietojumsphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Malay sesaran
- sesaranphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Māori rūanga, peinga
- rūangathe state of being displaced
- peingathe state of being displaced
- hūnukutangaphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- peingathe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Norwegian deplasement
- deplasementthe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Norwegian Bokmål deplasement
- deplasementthe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Polish przemieszczenie
- przemieszczeniephysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Portuguese deslocamento, deslocamento
- deslocamentothe state of being displaced
- deslocamentophysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Punjabi ਵਿੱਥ
- ਵਿੱਥ (vittha)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Romanian deplasament, dezlocuire
- deplasamentthe state of being displaced
- dezlocuirethe state of being displaced
- dislocarethe state of being displaced
Russian смеще́ние, перемеще́ние
- смеще́ние (smeščénije)the state of being displaced
- перемеще́ние (peremeščénije)the state of being displaced
- сдвиг (sdvig)the state of being displaced
- перемеще́ние (peremeščénije)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- водоизмеще́ние (vodoizmeščénije)the quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Spanish desplazamiento, desplazamiento
- desplazamientothe state of being displaced
- desplazamientophysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- cilindradaengine size
- cubicajeengine size
Swedish deplacement
- deplacementthe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Tagalog galaw
- galawphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Tamil இடப்பெயர்ச்சி
- இடப்பெயர்ச்சி (iṭappeyarcci)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Thai การกระจัด, ระวางขับน้ำ
- การกระจัด (gaan-grà-jàt)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- ระวางขับน้ำthe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship
Turkish yer değiştirme
- yer değiştirmephysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Ukrainian змі́щення, перемі́щення
- змі́щення (zmíščennja)the state of being displaced
- перемі́щення (peremíščennja)the state of being displaced
- переміщення (peremiščennja)physics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Vietnamese li độ, độ dời
- li độphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
- độ dờiphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Welsh dadleoliad
- dadleoliadphysics: vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with displacement
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APA
displacement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/displacement
MLA
“displacement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/displacement. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “displacement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/displacement.
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