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(1):

(n.) The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.

(2):

(n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

(3):

(n.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent.

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