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displacement

N การ บังคับ ให้ คน ออก ไป จาก ที่ ที่อยู่  การ ย้ายออก  การ เคลื่อน ออก  การ ไล่ออก  การขับไล่  transfer move shift migration kan-bang-kab-hai-kon-ook-pai-jak-ti-ti-yu

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISPLACEMENT

n.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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISPLACEMENT

Dis *place "ment, n. Etym: [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. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

displacement

dis place ment |disˈplāsmənt dɪsˈpleɪsmənt | noun 1 the moving of something from its place or position: vertical displacement of the shoreline | a displacement of the vertebra at the bottom of the spine. the removal of someone or something by someone or something else that takes their place: males may be able to resist displacement by other males. the enforced departure of people from their homes, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster: the displacement of farmers by guerrilla activity. the amount by which a thing is moved from its normal position: a displacement of 6.8 meters along the San Andreas fault. 2 the occupation by a submerged body or part of a body of a volume that would otherwise be occupied by a fluid. the amount or weight of fluid that would fill such a volume in the case of a floating ship, used as a measure of the ship's size: the submarine has a surface displacement of 2,185 tons. technical the volume swept by a reciprocating system, as in a pump or engine. 3 Psychoanalysis the unconscious transfer of an intense emotion from its original object to another one: this phobia was linked with the displacement of fear of his father. 4 Physics the component of an electric field due to free separated charges, regardless of any polarizing effects. the vector representing such a component. the flux density of such an electric field.

 

displacement activity

dis place ment ac tiv i ty |dɪsˈpleɪsmənt ækˈtɪvədi | noun Psychology an animal or human activity that seems inappropriate to the context, such as head-scratching when one is confused, considered to arise unconsciously when a conflict between antagonistic urges cannot be resolved.

 

displacement pump

dis place ment pump noun a pump in which liquid is moved out of the pump chamber by a moving surface or by the introduction of compressed air or gas.

 

displacement ton

dis place ment ton |dɪsˈpleɪsmənt tɔn | noun see ton 1 ( sense 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

displacement

dis ¦place |ment |dɪsˈpleɪsm (ə )nt | noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action of moving something from its place or position: vertical displacement of the shoreline | [ count noun ] : a displacement of the vertebra at the bottom of the spine. the removal of someone or something by someone or something else which takes their place: males may be able to resist displacement by other males. the enforced departure of people from their homes, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster: the displacement of farmers by guerrilla activity. [ count noun ] the amount by which a thing is moved from a position: a displacement of 6.8 metres along the San Andreas fault. 2 the occupation by a submerged body or part of a body of a volume which would otherwise be occupied by a fluid. the volume or weight of fluid that would fill the volume displaced by a floating ship, used as a measure of the ship's size: the submarine has a surface displacement of 2,185 tons. technical the volume swept by a reciprocating system, as in a pump or engine. 3 Psychoanalysis the unconscious transfer of an intense emotion from one object to another: this phobia was linked with the displacement of fear of his father. 4 Physics the component of an electric field due to free separated charges, regardless of any polarizing effects. the vector representing such a component. the flux density of such an electric field.

 

displacement activity

dis ¦place |ment ac ¦tiv |ity noun Psychology an animal or human activity that seems inappropriate, such as head-scratching when confused, considered to arise unconsciously when a conflict between antagonistic urges cannot be resolved.

 

displacement pump

dis ¦place |ment pump noun a pump in which liquid is moved out of the pump chamber by a moving surface or by the introduction of compressed air or gas.

 

displacement ton

dis ¦place |ment ton noun see ton 1 ( sense 1 of the noun ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

displacement

dis pl ce ment 名詞 U 1 (人 物などを強制的に )移住 [移動 ]させること .2 かたく 置き換え, 取って代わること ; 解任, 免職 .3 〖時にa 〘船 〙排水量 [トン ].~́ act vity 〘心 〙転位行動 〘したくないことを避けるために何か別のことをすること 〙.