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  • 61displacement activity — noun see displacement …

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  • 62displacement behavior — noun see displacement …

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  • 63Displacement lubricator — The displacement lubricator is an automatic oil lubricator for steam engines, first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1860 by John Ramsbottom. It operates by allowing steam to enter a closed vessel containing oil. After condensing, the water… …

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  • 64Displacement gesture — A displacement gesture is a behaviour that serves to reduce anxiety in a social situation, for example to avert one s gaze or to fiddle with clothing or fidget. [Fisher, Helen S. Psychology Today (1993), The Biology of Attraction online at… …

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  • 65displacement ton — Naut. a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 lb. (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater. * * * …

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  • 66displacement tonnage — Naut. the number of long tons of water displaced by a vessel, light or load displacement being specified. * * * …

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  • 67displacement ton — noun A unit approximately equal to the volume of a long ton weight of seawater, used in reckoning the displacement of ships, and equal to 35 U.S. or Imperial cubic feet …

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  • 68displacement reaction — a chemical reaction in which a reactant displaces a functional group from a substrate and becomes bound in the position formerly occupied by the leaving group; see also displacement …

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  • 69Displacement-Behandlung — Dis|placement Behandlung [dißple̱ißment...; engl. displacement = Verschiebung, Verdrängung]: Verfahren zur Behandlung der ↑Sinusitis, bei dem durch Unterdruck in Nase und Nasennebenhöhlen ein Saugeffekt mit Medikamentenaspiration erzeugt wird …

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  • 70Displacement-Effect — Dis|place|ment Ef|fect [...i fɛkt] der; s <aus gleichbed. engl. displacement effect, eigtl. »Verschiebungseffekt«> Bez. für den sprunghaften Anstieg öffentlicher Ausgaben in Zeiten sozialer od. wirtschaftlicher Krisen, ohne dass diese… …

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