displacement
/dɪsˈpleɪsmənt/noun
उच्चारण डिस्प्लेस्मन्ट
विस्थापन, बेघर होना
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[U]
the act of forcing people to leave the place where they live
विस्थापन, बेघर होना
- The dam project led to the displacement of thousands of villagers.
- Floods caused large-scale displacement in the region.
Synonyms uprooting eviction removal dislocation
- 2
[U] ~ (of sb/sth) (by sb/sth)
the act of replacing one person or thing with another
प्रतिस्थापन, हटाकर जगह लेना
- the displacement of manual workers by machines
- the displacement of local languages by English
Synonyms replacement supplanting substitution
- 3
[U, singular] technical
the amount of a liquid moved out of place by an object floating or sunk in it, used to measure the size of a ship
विस्थापन (द्रव का)
- a ship with a displacement of 10,000 tonnes
- A floating object causes a displacement of water equal to its own weight.
- 4
[C/U] technical
(in physics) the shortest distance between the starting point and the final position of a moving object, in a particular direction
विस्थापन (भौतिकी में)
- If you walk round a circular track and return to the start, your displacement is zero.
- Unlike distance, displacement has both size and direction.
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In physics, displacement is a vector quantity, while distance is a scalar quantity.
भौतिकी में displacement एक vector quantity है, जबकि distance एक scalar quantity है।