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Word: Displacement
Speech Type: Noun
dɪsˈpleɪsm(ə)nt
the action of moving something from its place or position
Short Definition:action of displacing something
Examples:- vertical displacement of the shoreline
- a displacement of the vertebra at the bottom of the spine
the occupation by a submerged body or part of a body of a volume which would otherwise be occupied by a fluid.
Short Definition:occupation by submerged body of volume otherwise occupied by fluid
the unconscious transfer of an intense emotion from one object to another
Short Definition:unconscious transfer of intense emotion
Examples:- this phobia was linked with the displacement of fear of his father
the component of an electric field due to free separated charges, regardless of any polarizing effects.
Short Definition:component of electric field due to free separated charges
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