1. (

• supplanting ,
• displacement

) act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics ;

2. (

• shift ,
• displacement

) an event in which something is displaced without rotation ;

3. (

• translation ,
• displacement ,

) the act of uniform movement ;

4. (

• displacement ,
• displacement_reaction

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

5. (

• displacement

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

6. (

• displacement ,
• deracination ,

) to move something from its natural environment ;

7. (

• displacement ,

) act of removing from office or employment ;