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'Displacement' may refer to:

★ Displacement (vector), in Newtonian mechanics, specifies the position of a point in reference to an origin or to a previous position

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★ Particle displacement, a measurement of distance of the movement of a particle in a medium as it transmits a wave

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★ Displacement field (mechanics), an assignment of displacement vectors for all points in a body that is displaced from one state to another

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★ 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. Ship measurement

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★ 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

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★ Displacement speed, a rule of thumb for non planing watercraft to estimate their theoretical maximum speed

★ Forced migration, by persecution or violence

★ Displacement (psychology), a sub-conscious defense mechanism

★ Displacement (psiology, parapsychology, psychical science), a statistical or qualitative correspondence between targets and responses

★ Single or double displacement reaction, a chemical reaction concerning the exchange of ions

★ Displacement (orthopedic surgery), change in alignment of the fracture fragments

★ Earth Crustal Displacement, also known as "Pole shift"

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See also

★ Offset (disambiguation)

★ Transformation (geometry)