- The act of displacing, or the state of being
displaced; a putting out of place. - 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. - 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.
Goal displacement Goal displacement refers to overzealous conformity to official regulations of a bureaucracy.
Job displacement Job displacement occurs when an employee’s position is eliminated.
Employment displacement Employment displacement occurs when an employee is terminated as a result of position elimination.
Displacement (CCs) Displacement (CCs) is the volume, in cubic centimeters, of a vehicles engine cylinder with its piston at bottom dead center, multiplied by the
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