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11Displacement current — Electromagnetism Electricity · …
12displacement — /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… …
13displacement — The total volume of air displaced by all the pistons in travelling from BDC to TDC, i.e., the total volume of air and fuel the cylinder can hold before compression occurs. Also called piston displacement. Also see cubic inch displacement engine… …
14Displacement ventilation — See also: Underfloor air distribution Displacement ventilation is an room air distribution strategy where conditioned outdoor air is supplied at floor level and extracted above the occupied zone, usually at ceiling height.[1] Contents 1 System… …
15displacement — 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… …
16Displacement Volumetric Meter — A Displacement Volumetric Meter is a device which measures total volume. It can operate on the principle of the fluid sweeping out a fixed calibrated volume, which produces a rotation of a calibrated gauge. By maintaining constant conditions and… …
17displacement — [[t]dɪsple͟ɪsmənt[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Displacement is the removal of something from its usual place or position by something which then occupies that place or position. [FORMAL] No barrier prevents our gradual, purposeful displacement of tradition …
18volume displacement — noun : displacement of a fluid expressed in terms of volume as distinguished from displacement expressed in terms of mass …
19Volume — The volume of any solid, plasma, vacuum or theoretical object is how much three dimensional space it occupies, often quantified numerically. One dimensional figures (such as lines) and two dimensional shapes (such as squares) are assigned zero… …
20displacement — /dɪsˈpleɪsmənt / (say dis playsmuhnt) noun 1. the act of displacing. 2. the state of being displaced. 3. Physics a change in position expressed in both distance and direction. 4. Physics a. the displacing or replacing of one thing by another, as… …
