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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

displacement

/dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
dis-place-ment
IPA
/dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt/
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

noun

The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.

noun

The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.

Dated

noun

Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.

noun

A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

noun

The 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).

noun

The transfer of feelings or emotions from their intended recipient to another object or person.

noun

The amount of liquid displaced by a submerged object.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French déplacement. Morphologically displace + -ment.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

displacements (plural)

Derived Forms

absement microdisplacement nondisplacement postdisplacement predisplacement redisplacement retrodisplacement

Phrases

centre of displacement displacement activity displacement current displacement mapping displacement speed displacement ton engine displacement positive displacement pump

Synonyms

supplanting deracination translation shift displacement reaction

Rhymes With

replacement basement placement emplacement debasement retracement defacement abasement underreplacement

Questions

How do you pronounce displacement?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt/.
What does displacement mean?
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
Where does displacement come from?
It is traced to French.

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