displacement

US: /dɪsˈpɫeɪsmənt/
UK: /dɪsplˈe‍ɪsmənt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


displacement /dis'pleismənt/
  • danh từ
    • sự đổi chỗ, sự dời chỗ, sự chuyển chỗ
    • sự thải ra, sự cách chức (một công chức...)
    • sự chiếm chỗ, sự hất ra khỏi chỗ
    • sự thay thế
    • (điện học) sự dịch chuyển; độ dịch chuyển
    • (hàng hải) trọng lượng nước rẽ (của tàu)
      • a ship with a displacement of ten thousand tons: con tàu có trọng lượng nước rẽ mười nghìn tấn

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun [U]
1 (formal) the act of displacing sb/sth; the process of being displaced: the largest displacement of civilian population since World War Two
2 [C] (physics) the amount of a liquid moved out of place by sth floating or put in it, especially a ship floating in water: a ship with a displacement of 10 000 tonnes

Concise English dictionary


displacements-mənt
noun
+an event in which something is displaced without rotation
+act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
+the act of uniform movement
+(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
+(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
+to move something from its natural environment
+act of removing from office or employment