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# displacement

«displacement» in Mova's school dictionary: **Moving something from its usual place or position** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (displacement; a displacement, displacements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Moving something from its usual place or position. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#m1)

2) (science) The amount of water or other fluid pushed aside when an object is put in it; a floating ship pushes aside its own weight of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#m2)

3) Forcing people to leave their homes, for example because of war or disaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#m3)

4) (science, maths) How far and in what direction something has moved from its starting point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons «displacement» explains why things float and how to measure the volume of an odd-shaped object: put it in water and see how much the level rises. In geography and news, displacement of people is caused by floods, wars and droughts. Phrases: «water displacement», «displacement of people», «the displacement method».

### examples

- We measured the stone's volume by water displacement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#x1)
- When you get in the bath, the displacement makes the water rise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#x2)
- The flood caused the displacement of thousands of families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#x3)
- A ship's displacement tells you how heavy it is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#x4)
- Displacement is the distance from start to finish in a straight line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#x5)
- The earthquake caused the displacement of the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/#x6)

### note

In maths and science: if water rises from 200 ml to 260 ml when a stone goes in, the stone's volume is 60 cm³ (1 ml = 1 cm³). Displacement differs from distance: walking 10 m away and back gives distance 20 m but displacement 0. Verb: «displace».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «displacement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/displacement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.