displacement (fluid)
1Displacement (fluid) — Two graduated cylinders containing water, one with a rock submerged in it, showing the increased water level due to displacement In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking… …
2Displacement — may refer to: Contents 1 Physical sciences 1.1 Physics 1.2 Engineering …
3Fluid statics — (also called hydrostatics) is the science of fluids at rest, and is a sub field within fluid mechanics. The term usually refers to the mathematical treatment of the subject. It embraces the study of the conditions under which fluids are at rest… …
4Displacement thickness — is the distance by which a surface would have to be moved parallel to itself towards the reference plane in an ideal fluid stream of velocity u 0 to give the same mass flow as occurs between the surface and the reference plane in a real fluid.In… …
5displacement — [dis plās′mənt, dis′plās′mənt] n. 1. a displacing or being displaced 2. a) the weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating object; specif., the weight of water, in long tons, displaced by a ship b) the volume displaced by a stroke of a… …
6fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …
7displacement — /dis plays meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of displacing. 2. the state of being displaced or the amount or degree to which something is displaced. 3. Physics. a. the displacing in space of one mass by another. b. the weight or the volume of fluid… …
8displacement — 1. Removal from the normal location or position. 2. The adding to a fluid (particularly a gas) in an open vessel one of greater density whereby the first is expelled. 3. In chemistry, a change in which one element, radical, or mole …
9displacement pump — noun : a pump (as an air lift or pulsometer that raises or transfers a fluid by direct displacement with no transformation of the kinetic energy due to the fluid s motion into potential energy due to pressure …
10displacement — noun Date: 1611 1. the act or process of displacing ; the state of being displaced 2. a. the volume or weight of a fluid (as water) displaced by a floating body (as a ship) of equal weight b. the difference between the initial position of… …
