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the type characterized by a main armament of big guns all of the same caliber. She has a displacement of 17,900 tons at load draft, and a speed of 21 knots per hour.

A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.

Displaced. Ogilvie.

A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.

To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p.p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.

an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.

Having a part displaced, as if broken; -- said of an ordinary. Macaulay.

natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.

An instrument for measuring small movements, distances, or displacements by means of the interference of two beams of light; -- called also refractometer.

To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.

The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of an object, as seen from two different stations, or points of view.

ugh the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand. Woodward.

ott, an English surgeon. Pott's fracture, a fracture of the lower end of the fibula, with displacement of the tibia. Dunglison.

inary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its elements.

To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia. Reduced iron (Chem.), metallic iron obtained through deoxidation of an oxide of iron by exposure to a current of hydrogen or other reducing agent. When hydrogen is used the product is called…

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered the table to be removed. Goldsmith.

An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.

A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.