Deformation vs. Displacement

Deformationnoun

The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.

Deformationnoun

A transformation; change of shape.

Deformationnoun

The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed.

Deformationnoun

Transformation; change of shape.

Deformationnoun

a change for the worse

Deformationnoun

alteration in the shape or dimensions of an object as a result of the application of stress to it

Deformationnoun

the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)

Displacementnoun

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

Displacementnoun

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.

Displacementnoun

(chemistry) 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.

Displacementnoun

(fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.

Displacementnoun

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

Displacementnoun

(grammar) The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed or will exist at another time, or that exist at another location).

Displacementnoun

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

Displacementnoun

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.

Displacementnoun

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.

Displacementnoun

an event in which something is displaced without rotation

Displacementnoun

act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

Displacementnoun

the act of uniform movement

Displacementnoun

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

Displacementnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

Displacementnoun

to move something from its natural environment

Displacementnoun

act of removing from office or employment