-
a
displacement
of
a
part (
especially
a
bone)
from
its
normal
position (
as
in
the
shoulder
or
the
vertebral
column)
-
The
act
of
displacing,
or
the
state
of
being
displaced.
-
The
displacement
of
parts
of
rocks
or
portions
of
strata
from
the
situation
which
they
originally
occupied.
Slips,
faults,
and
the
like,
are
dislocations.
-
The
act
of
dislocating,
or
putting
out
of
joint;
also,
the
condition
of
being
thus
displaced.
-
The
act
of
displacing
or
disjoining;
a
joint
put
out
of
its
socket.
-
A
dislocated
joint:
displacement: (
geol.)
a "
fault,"
or
displacement
of
stratified
rocks.
-
The
act
of
displacing,
specially
of
putting
out
of
joint;
a
dislocated
joint;
the
displacement
of
portions
of
a
stratified
rock
from
its
original
position;
a
fault.
-
State
of
being
put
out
of
joint;
the
act
of
forcing
a
bone
out
of
its
socket,
particularly
as
the
result
of
accident;
in
geol.,
displacement
of
stratified
rocks
from
their
original
or
sedimentary
position.
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