Displacement

Displacement

A design feature of human language which allows users to symbolise objects, events and concepts which are not present in time and space, at the moment of communication.

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displace

Education; SAT vocabulary

To put out of the proper or accustomed place.

displacement

Sociology; Criminology

A shift of criminal activity from one spatial location to another.

displacement

Automotive; Automobile

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.

displacement

Engineering; Electronic engineering

1. A change in the position of a point, particle, figure, or body. 2. The vector representing a change in the position of a point, particle, figure, or body. 3. Movement of a ...

displacement

Automotive; Automobile

The total volume of air displaced by all the pistons within an engine block. In general, the greater an engine's displacement, the more power it can produce.

displacement

Physics; General physics

The amount of fluid that is pushed out of the way when an object floats in the fluid is called displacement.

early modern English

Language; Linguistics

refers to the stage of the English language used from about the end of the Middle English period (the latter half of the 1400s) to 1650. Thus, the first edition of the King James ...

old English

Language; Linguistics

Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon and English) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the ...

middle English

Language; Linguistics

Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066 and the mid-to-late 15th ...

anglophone

Language; Linguistics

The adjective anglophone means English-speaking, usually as a primary language, and can refer to people, groups or places.

francophone

Language; Linguistics

The adjective francophone means French-speaking, usually as a primary language and can refer to people, groups or places.

Sinosphere

Language; Linguistics

The linguistic term Sinosphere refers to a grouping of countries and regions that are currently inhabited with a majority of Chinese population of were historically under Chinese ...