displacement

Vertreibung, Verlagerung

Menschen oder Dinge werden von ihrem gewöhnlichen Ort weggebracht, oft unter Zwang.

In einfachem Englisch: The movement of people or things away from their usual place, often by force.

• The war caused widespread displacement.
• Displacement has separated many families from their neighbours.
• The survey measured the displacement of stones after the earthquake.

So benutzt man es: displacement of someone/something (The flood caused the displacement of many families.)

Synonyme: removal, relocation

Häufige Wendungen: forced displacement, displacement of people, mass displacement

Verdrängung

Die Menge an Flüssigkeit, die ein eingetauchter Gegenstand zur Seite drängt.

In einfachem Englisch: The amount of liquid pushed aside when an object is put into it.

• We measured the water displacement.
• The ship has a displacement of twenty thousand tonnes.
• Use displacement to find the volume of this stone.

Häufige Wendungen: water displacement, liquid displacement, displacement of water

Verschiebung

Abstand und Richtung von der Anfangsposition eines Gegenstands zu seiner Endposition.

In einfachem Englisch: The distance and direction from an object's starting position to its ending position.

• The displacement was three metres east.
• Calculate the displacement from the starting point.
• After one complete lap, her displacement was zero.

Häufige Wendungen: net displacement, displacement vector, zero displacement