Displacement

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Displacement may refer to:

• Displacement (vector), in Newtonian mechanics, specifies the position of a point or a particle in reference to an origin or to a previous position
• Electric displacement field, as appears in Maxwell's equations
• Engine displacement, the total volume of air/fuel mixture an engine can draw in during one complete engine cycle
• Displacement (fencing), a movement that avoids or dodges an attack
• Displacement (fluid), an object immersed in a fluid pushes it out of the way
• Displacement hull, where the moving hull's weight is supported by buoyancy alone and it must displace water from its path rather than planing on the water's surface
• Particle displacement, acoustics of sound in Earth's atmosphere
• Forced migration, by persecution or violence
• Displacement (psychology), an unconscious defence mechanism
• Single or double displacement reaction, a chemical reaction concerning the exchange of ions
• Displacement (Orthopedic surgery), change in alignment of the fracture fragments

See also

• Offset
• Transformation (mathematics)

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