| Displacement | n. [ Cf. F. déplacement. ] 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place. [ 1913 Webster ] Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ] The displacement of the sun by parallax. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Chem.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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