Displacement vs. Distance
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
Distancenoun
(countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
Distancenoun
Length or interval of time.
Distancenoun
The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.
Distancenoun
Remoteness of place; a remote place.
Distancenoun
Remoteness in succession or relation.
Distancenoun
A space marked out in the last part of a racecourse.
Distancenoun
The entire amount of progress to an objective.
Distancenoun
A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.
Distancenoun
The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
Distanceverb
(transitive) To move away (from) someone or something.
Distanceverb
(transitive) To leave at a distance; to outpace, leave behind.
Distancenoun
The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.
Distancenoun
Remoteness of place; a remote place.
Distancenoun
A space marked out in the last part of a race course.
Distancenoun
Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; - contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.
Distancenoun
Space between two antagonists in fencing.
Distancenoun
The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.
Distancenoun
Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.
Distancenoun
Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.
Distancenoun
The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
Distancenoun
A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
Distancenoun
Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.
Distancenoun
The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.
Distanceverb
To place at a distance or remotely.
Distanceverb
To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.
Distanceverb
To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
Distancenoun
the property created by the space between two objects or points
Distancenoun
a distant region;
Distancenoun
size of the gap between two places;
Distancenoun
indifference by personal withdrawal;
Distancenoun
the interval between two times;
Distancenoun
a remote point in time;
Distanceverb
keep at a distance;
Distanceverb
go far ahead of;
Distancenoun
the length of the space between two points
Distancenoun
the condition of being far off; remoteness
Distancenoun
a far-off point
Distancenoun
the more remote part of what is visible or discernible
Distancenoun
an interval of time
Distancenoun
the full length of a race
Distancenoun
a space of more than twenty lengths between two finishers in a race
Distancenoun
a length of 240 yards from the winning post on a racecourse.
Distancenoun
the distance from the winning post which a horse must have reached when the winner finishes in order to qualify for a subsequent heat.
Distancenoun
the scheduled length of a fight
Distancenoun
the avoidance of familiarity; reserve
Distanceverb
make (someone or something) far off or remote in position or nature
Distanceverb
declare that one is not connected with or a supporter of (someone or something)
Distanceverb
beat (a horse) by a distance.
Distance
Distance is a numerical measurement of how far apart objects or points are. In physics or everyday usage, distance may refer to a physical length or an estimation based on other criteria (e.g.
