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displacement

/dis-pleys-muhnt/US // dɪsˈpleɪs mənt //UK // (dɪsˈpleɪsmənt) //

流离失所,排水量,流动性,流离失所问题

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of displacing.
    • : the state of being displaced or the amount or degree to which something is displaced.
    • : Physics. the displacing in space of one mass by another.the weight or the volume of fluid displaced by a floating or submerged body.Compare Archimedes' principle. the linear or angular distance in a given direction between a body or point and a reference position.the distance of an oscillating body from its central position or point of equilibrium at any given moment.
    • : Machinery, Automotive. the volume of the space through which a piston travels during a single stroke in an engine, pump, or the like.the total volume of the space traversed by all the pistons.
    • : Nautical. the amount of water that a vessel displaces, expressed in displacement tons.
    • : Geology. the offset of rocks caused by movement along a fault.
    • : Psychoanalysis. the transfer of an emotion from its original focus to another object, person, or situation.
    • : electric displacement.

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Examples

  • The practice is rife with allegations of child labor, dangerous working conditions, community displacement, and water pollution from toxic processing chemicals.

  • So I wouldn’t say there’s been a displacement in shopper marketing spend due to the growth of e-commerce.

  • How to figure out sizingGenerally speaking, the lower the displacement, the lower the seat height.

  • Manufacturers design each displacement level of bike with suitable engines, tech, and safety features in mind.

  • These machines come in a variety of different displacement levels from 50cc to 125cc.

  • This spatial displacement reveals your thirst for freedom, your desire for openness and to break with the protest novel.

  • For those who escape direct physical injury, there remain the ill effects of displacement and deprivation.

  • A tense, dynamic equilibrium between the U.S. and China seems more likely than a clear displacement of the former by the latter.

  • The daily killing and displacement of civilians have not led to an international agreement to stop the conflict.

  • Palestinians call their displacement from Syria “a second Nakba,” Ellis said.

  • This secular displacement of the line of the apsides brings a sixth complication to the motion of our abiding-place.

  • They are simply well-designed boats of light displacement and large sail-area, very fast and very handy.

  • Instances of such displacement are given in the footnote of the previous paragraph.

  • In all of these cases, the movement of displacement is identical, and presents only adventitious differences.

  • The displacement of religious by other considerations is observable on all sides.