noun [U]
1 (formal) the act of displacing sb/sth; the process of being displaced:
the largest displacement of civilian population since World War Two
2 [C] (physics) the amount of a liquid moved out of place by sth floating or put in it, especially a ship floating in water:
a ship with a displacement of 10000 tonnes
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