- (n.) The act of displacing or the state of being displaced.
- (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.
- (n.) The act of dislocating or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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