Dislocation
[,dɪslə(ʊ)'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dɪslo'keʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; 'the social dislocations resulting from government policies'; 'his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London'.
(noun.) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity.
(noun.) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column).
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Derangement, displacement.[2]. Luxation, disjointing.
Editor: Monica
Examples
- For here all seems fallen asunder, in wide-yawning dislocation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And there was a great crowding and dislocation of goods at the dép?ts because there was insufficient road transport. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There's a compound fracture above the knee, and a dislocation below. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- So soon as serious political and social dislocation occurred, the money mechanism began to work stiffly and inaccurately. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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