Bible Dictionaries
Dislocation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

(2):

(n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

(3):

(n.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dislocation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dislocation.html. 1828.