displacement

déplacement

Départ ou transfert de personnes ou de choses hors de leur lieu habituel, souvent sous la contrainte.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : displacement of someone/something (The flood caused the displacement of many families.)

Synonymes : removal, relocation

Expressions courantes : forced displacement, displacement of people, mass displacement

déplacement

Volume de liquide qu’un objet repousse lorsqu’on le plonge dedans.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : water displacement, liquid displacement, displacement of water

déplacement

Distance et direction entre la position de départ d’un objet et sa position d’arrivée.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : net displacement, displacement vector, zero displacement