displacement

desplazamiento

Traslado de personas o cosas fuera de su lugar habitual, a menudo por la fuerza.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: displacement of someone/something (The flood caused the displacement of many families.)

Sinónimos: removal, relocation

Expresiones frecuentes: forced displacement, displacement of people, mass displacement

desplazamiento

Cantidad de líquido que un objeto aparta al introducirse en él.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: water displacement, liquid displacement, displacement of water

desplazamiento

Distancia y dirección desde la posición inicial de un objeto hasta su posición final.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: net displacement, displacement vector, zero displacement