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Webster 1913 Edition

Displacement

Dis-place′ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
déplacement
.]
1.
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
Unnecessary
displacement
of funds.
A. Hamilton.
The
displacement
of the sun by parallax.
Whewell.
2.
The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
3.
(Chem.)
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.
Piston displacement
(Mech.)
,
the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.

Webster 1828 Edition

Displacement

DISPLACEMENT

,
Noun.
The act of displacing; the act of removing from the usual or proper place, or from a state, condition or office.
The displacement of the centers of the circles.
Unnecessary displacement of funds.

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