supplanting, displacement
(noun) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
displacement
(noun) act of removing from office or employment
displacement, deracination
(noun) to move something from its natural environment
translation, displacement
(noun) the act of uniform movement
shift, displacement
(noun) an event in which something is displaced without rotation
displacement
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
displacement, displacement reaction
(noun) (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
displacement (plural displacements)
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
• Alexander Hamilton
• William Whewell.
The quantity of a liquid displaced by a floating body, as water by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
(chemistry) 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.
(fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
(grammar) The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).
Source: Wiktionary
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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 April 2025
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
