"dislocation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: en-us-dislocation.ogg Forms: dislocations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|ML.|dislocātiō}} Medieval Latin dislocātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dislocation (countable and uncountable, plural dislocations)
  1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of displacing or the state of being displaced): изместване (izmestvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), přemístění [neuter] (Czech), dislocamento [masculine] (Italian), ripartizione [feminine] (Italian), deslocamento [masculine] (Portuguese), deslocação [feminine] (Portuguese), смеще́ние (smeščénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dislocation-en-noun-OBRT9DpR Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 13 30 31 8 Disambiguation of 'the act of displacing or the state of being displaced': 76 3 10 9 2
  2. (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology, Injuries
    Sense id: en-dislocation-en-noun-4VFd5aRd Disambiguation of Injuries: 12 35 19 18 17 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 13 30 31 8 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  3. The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: luxation Translations (dislocating of a joint): ἐξάρθρησις (exárthrēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), изкълчване (izkǎlčvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), навяхване (navjahvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 脫位 (Chinese Mandarin), 脱位 (tuōwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 脫臼 (Chinese Mandarin), 脱臼 (tuōjiù) (Chinese Mandarin), vykloubení [neuter] (Czech), sijoiltaanmeno (Finnish), luxation [feminine] (French), luxación [feminine] (Galician), Verrenkung [feminine] (German), Luxation [feminine] (German), εξάρθρωση (exárthrosi) [feminine] (Greek), ficam (english: condition) (Hungarian), kificamodás (english: act) (Hungarian), kificamítás (Hungarian), 脱臼 (dakkyū) (alt: だっきゅう) (Japanese), 断層 (dansō) (alt: だんそう) (Japanese), lūxus [masculine] (Latin), исколчување (iskolčuvanje) (Macedonian), deslocamento [masculine] (Portuguese), deslocação [feminine] (Portuguese), luxação [feminine] (Portuguese), вы́вих (vývix) [masculine] (Russian), luxación [feminine] (Spanish), dislocación [feminine] (Spanish), urledvridning [common-gender] (Swedish), dislokation [common-gender] (Swedish), luxation [common-gender] (Swedish), pagkapiang (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-dislocation-en-noun-koZ2HJAJ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 13 30 31 8 Disambiguation of 'dislocating of a joint': 15 6 45 27 6
  4. (materials science) A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Materials science Translations (a linear defect in a crystal lattice): дислокация (dislokacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-dislocation-en-noun-pwRYIEBc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 11 23 37 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 6 15 47 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 13 30 31 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 9 25 37 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 15 19 38 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 10 21 38 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 16 12 18 41 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 8 19 44 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 10 22 39 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 9 21 39 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 8 19 46 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 12 19 42 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 11 16 44 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 8 21 42 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 7 19 47 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 22 8 21 42 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 19 8 20 37 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 15 18 43 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 8 23 36 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 7 20 39 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 8 23 40 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 8 21 39 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 20 9 21 39 12 Disambiguation of 'a linear defect in a crystal lattice': 7 5 7 77 4
  5. (grammar) A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-dislocation-en-noun-IWKjU1Ga Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dislocational, dislocationary, redislocation, Taylor-Orowan dislocation, Taylor's dislocation

Inflected forms

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