displacement /dis'pleismәnt/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
- (n.) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
- (n.) to move something from its natural environment
Chinese translation
- n. 换置, 移位, 移动, 取代
- [化] 顶替展开法
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /dis'pleismәnt/
- Syllables
- 3
- Exam levels
- CET-6 · TOEFL
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.63 · Super Rare
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