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displacement
[dɪsˈpleɪsmənt]
sustantivo
1. desplazamiento (m) (of water, people, ship)
2. (substitution)
  • displacement (of A by B) -> sustitución (f) (de A por B)
3. (Psy)
  • displacement activity -> actividad (f) sublimadora

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displacement [dis-pleis-ment]
sustantivo
1. Desarreglo, trastorno, mudanza; desplazamiento (of refugees); sustitución, reemplazo (replacement).
2. Cambio aparente de posición,
verbo
3. gr. (Marina) (m)
4. Desplazamiento, el peso del agua que desaloja el casco de un buqe. (Marina) (m)
5. (Quím. y Farm.) Coladura. (m)
6. Falla. (Geología)
de una estrella.V. PERCOLATION.V. FAULT.

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displacement [dɪsˈpleɪsmənt]
noun
1 (Fís) [of liquid, mass] desplazamiento (m)
battleships whose displacement would exceed the limitations imposed by the Treaty
2 (replacement) reemplazo (m)
since 1973 there has been a massive displacement of smaller domestic firms by larger local and, more importantly, foreign multinationals
3 (removal) eliminación (f); (dismissal) destitución (f)
The NFB's displacement from centre stage has occurred for a number of reasons, of which institutional inertia is not the least important context: talking of a TV broadcasting company
4 (forced relocation) desplazamiento (m)
This must be the biggest ever displacement of Iraq's Kurdish population
5 (Psychology and Psychiatry) [of energy] sublimación (f)
these activities can be seen to be objects of a displacement of our sexual energy into other creative, life-inspiring pursuits, such as the arts

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