Look up displacement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Displacement may refer to: Displacement (geometry), is the difference between the final and initial...

Forced displacement (also forced migration or forced relocation) is an involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home...

The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight. As the term indicates, it is measured indirectly, using Archimedes' principle, by first...

In geometry and mechanics, a displacement is a vector whose length is the shortest distance from the initial to the final position of a point P undergoing...

In physics, Wien's displacement law states that the black-body radiation curve for different temperatures will peak at different wavelengths that are inversely...

Engine displacement is the measure of the cylinder volume swept by all of the pistons of a piston engine, excluding the combustion chambers. It is commonly...

In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is largely immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking its place. The volume of the...

The angular displacement (symbol θ, ϑ, or φ) – also called angle of rotation, rotational displacement, or rotary displacement – of a physical body is...

Displacement mapping is an alternative computer graphics technique in contrast to bump, normal, and parallax mapping, using a texture or height map to...

In psychology, displacement (German: Verschiebung, lit. 'shift, move') is an unconscious defence mechanism whereby the mind substitutes either a new aim...

In electromagnetism, displacement current density is the quantity ∂D/∂t appearing in Maxwell's equations that is defined in terms of the rate of change...

Displacement field may refer to: Displacement field (mechanics) Electric displacement field This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...

Displacement activities occur when an animal experiences high motivation for two or more conflicting behaviours: the resulting displacement activity is...

Variable displacement is an automobile engine technology that allows the engine displacement to change, usually by deactivating cylinders, for improved...

Time displacement in sociology refers to the idea that new forms of activities may replace older ones. New activities that cause time displacement are...

tectonics, vertical displacement refers to the shifting of land in a vertical direction, resulting in uplift and subsidence. The displacement of rock layers...

Character displacement is the phenomenon where differences among similar species whose distributions overlap geographically are accentuated in regions...

Positive displacement may refer to: Positive displacement pump Positive displacement meter Positive displacement pipette This disambiguation page lists...

Particle displacement or displacement amplitude is a measurement of distance of the movement of a sound particle from its equilibrium position in a medium...

In fencing, displacement is a movement that avoids or dodges an attack. Fencers commonly use displacement when attacking while not having priority. Attacking...

In mechanics, a displacement field is the assignment of displacement vectors for all points in a region or body that are displaced from one state to another...

Crime displacement is the relocation of crime (or criminals) as a result of police crime-prevention efforts. Crime displacement has been linked to problem-oriented...

In the quantum mechanics study of optical phase space, the displacement operator for one mode is the shift operator in quantum optics, D ^ ( α ) = exp...

In linguistics, displacement is the capability of language to communicate about things that are not immediately present (spatially or temporally); i.e...

Earth crustal displacement or Earth crust displacement may refer to: Plate tectonics, scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's...

The displacement–length ratio (DLR or D/L ratio) is a calculation used to express how heavy a boat is relative to its waterline length. DLR was first published...

Time travel is the hypothetical activity of traveling into the past or future. Time travel is a widely recognized concept in philosophy and fiction, particularly...

Schoenflies (or Schönflies) displacement (or motion) named after Arthur Moritz Schoenflies is a rigid body motion consisting of linear motion in three...

Air displacement plethysmography (ADP, also known as whole-body air displacement plethysmography) is a recognized and scientifically validated densitometric...

Pumps can be classified by their method of displacement into electromagnetic pumps, positive-displacement pumps, impulse pumps, velocity pumps, gravity...