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displacement

英/dɪsplˈeɪsmənt/
美/dɪsˈpɫeɪsmənt/
01n.

换置, 移位, 移动, 取代

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one; to move something from its natural environment