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displacement
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displacement, in psychology: see defense mechanism defense mechanism, in psychoanalysis, any of a variety of unconscious personality reactions which the ego uses to protect the conscious mind from threatening feelings and perceptions.
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displacement

Same as offset. See base/displacement.


displacement
1. the weight or volume displaced by a floating or submerged body in a fluid
2. the volume displaced by the piston of a reciprocating pump or engine
3. Psychoanal the transferring of emotional feelings from their original object to one that disguises their real nature
4. Geology the distance any point on one side of a fault plane has moved in relation to a corresponding point on the opposite side
5. Astronomy an apparent change in position of a body, such as a star
6. Maths the distance measured in a particular direction from a reference point.


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