displacement : Idioms & Phrases


displacement reaction

  • noun (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
    displacement.
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displacement unit

  • noun a unit of measurement of volume or capacity
    capacity measure; cubage unit; volume unit; cubic content unit; capacity unit; cubic measure; cubature unit.
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Piston displacement

  • (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.
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principle of liquid displacement

  • noun (hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid
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