displacement 
llefure we can uncertain the rate of motion of a star from 
its angular c/> / ' ' , ,,,, / of position in a given time, we 
must knou iu absolute distance. 
J. Croll, Climate and Cosmology, p. 312. 
2. A putting in the place of another or of some- 
tliiiiKelso; substitution in place ; replacement 
by exchange. 
The French term remplacement is usually but inaccu- 
rately rendered replacement : the true meaning of the lat- 
ter word is putting li.'ick into its place, anil iwl displace- 
in, ni or Huhstitnii which conveys the meaning of the 
French word more correctly. 
W. A. .Miller, Chemistry, III. 1072. 
3. In hydrns., the quantity of a liquid which is 
displaced by a solid body placed in it. If the 
weight of the' displacement Is greater than or equal to 
that of the body, (he latter will float; If less, it will sink 
to the bottom, as a stone. A buoyant material sinks to a 
level where the pressure of the fluid displaced is sufficient 
to counterbalance its weight. The term is most fre-inent 
ly used in connection with ships: as, a ship of 3,000 tons 
4. In phar., a method by which the active 
principles of organic bodies are extracted from 
them. The body, reduced to a powder, is subjected to 
the action of a liquid which dissolves the soluble matter. 
When this has been sufficiently charged, it is displaced or 
replaced by a quantity of the same or of another liquid. 
Same as percolation. 
5. Iii incfli., tlio geometrical difference or ex- 
act relation between the position of a body at 
any moment and its initial position. 
The curve which represents the history of the displace- 
ments of all particles at the same time represents also the 
history of the displacement of any one particle at different 
times. Minchin, Vniplanar Kinematics, i. 10. 
Center of displacement. Seecenteri. Composition 
of displacements. See composition. Displacement 
diagram or polygon. See diagram. Displacement 
Of zero, in theniwmftrit, the change (rise) iu the position 
of the zero of a thermometer often observed a considerable 
length of time after it has been made, and regarded as due 
to a gradual change in the bulb, produced by the atmo- 
spheric pressure. Electric displacement, the quanti- 
tative measure of the electric polarization of a dielectric. 
The quantity of electricity which flows across any plane In 
a dielectric due to a change of the electric forces is the 
electric displacement across that plane. 
Further, he (Maxwell) has regarded the electric charge- 
of the system as the surface manifestation of a change 
which took place in the medium when the electrifica- 
tion was set up. This change he has called Electric Dis- 
placement. 
A. Gray, AbsoL Meas. in Elect and Mag., I. 133. 
Tangential displacement of a curve, the integral of the 
tangential components of the displacement of elements of 
the curve. It makes a difference whether this be reckon- 
ed tangentially to the initial or to the flnal position of the 
curve ; and it depends not merely on the positions of the 
curve, but also on the corresponding points. 
displacencyt (dis-pla'sen-si), . [< ML. dis- 
placentia, restored form of L. displiccntia (> 
E. displicence, displicency), dislike, dissatisfac- 
tion, < dispUcen(t-)s, ppr. of displicere, ML. also 
displacere, displease: see displease. Cf. dis- 
plicence, displicency, displeasance, doublets of 
displacencyt} Dislike ; dissatisfaction ; displea- 
sure. 
A displacencit at the good of others, because they enjoy 
it though not unworthy of it, is an absurd depravity. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., i. 12. 
displacer (dis-pla'ser), n. 1. One who or that 
which displaces. 2. In chem., an apparatus 
used in the chemical process of displacement 
or percolation; a percolator. 
displant (dis-plauf), r. t. [< OF. desplanter, 
F. dfplanter = Sp. Pg. desplantar = It. dtspian- 
tare, spiantare, < ML. as if "displantare, < L. 
dis- priv. + plantare, plant: see plant, v.] 1. 
To pluck up; dislodge from a state of being 
planted, settled, or fixed. 
Unless philosophy can make a Juliet, 
Displant a town, reverse a prince's doom. 
Shalt., R. and J., Hi. 3. 
But after the lonians and Greeks had planted certain 
Colonies thereabout, and displanted the barbarous, it [the 
I'.laek Seal was called Eimne. Sandys, Travailes, p. 30. 
2. To strip of what is planted, settled, or estab- 
lished : as, to displant & country of inhabitants. 
They [the French) bad them tell all the plantations, as 
far as forty degrees, that they would come with eight 
ships, next year, and di*itlant them all. 
Winthrup, Hist. New England, I. 198. 
displantation (dis-plan-ta'shon), n. [= F. de- 
plantation = Sp. desplantacion = It. xpiiiiitn- 
-iniic ; as displnnt + -ntion.] The act of dis- 
planting; removal; displacement. Raleigh. 
displat (dis-plaf), r. t. ; pret. and pp. di^platted, 
mr.diaplattittg. [< dis- priv. + plat 3 .] To un- 
twist; uncurl. Ifakcirill. 
display (dis-pla'), p. [< ME. displnyrn, draplay- 
I'tt, < < )F. di x/i/r/V/% i!i'xiil<tit'r, ilfxplwr. ili^ftlicf, 
F. deployer (> E. deploy, q. v.) = Pr. dcxplegar, 
ilivplfi/nr = Sp. ilrspli'iiar = Pg. deaprc/jar = 
It. dixpii'tntri'. spiegare, < ML. displicare, unfold, 
display, L. (in pp. displicatus) scatter, < L. dis-, 
1077 
apart, + plicarr, fold : see plnil, i>licnlr. Hence 
by aphfrt'sis */''".'/ q. v.] I. tranx. 1. To un- 
fold; lay open; spread out; expand; disclose, 
as in carving or dissecting a body. 
llerthe up his fethrys displayed like a sayle. 
Lydyntt, Minor Poems, p. 156. 
Dysplaye that crane, Habeas Boo* (E. E. T. S.), p. 265. 
So having said, efUoones he gan dixjilay 
Hi- painted nimble wings, and vanisht quite away. 
Siitnttr, F. Q., II. viii. 8. 
The Sunne no sooner displayed his beamcs, than the 
Tartar his colours. Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. 27. 
2. To show; expose to the view; exhibit to 
the oyos; especially, to show ostentatiously; 
parade llauiitiugly. 
For then the choice and prime women of the City, if the 
deceased were of note, do assist their obsequies, with 
bosoms displaid. Satutyt, Travailes, p. 65. 
Proudly displayiny the insignia of their order, frencott. 
He spoke, and one among his gentlewomen 
lJi-1-fun tf a splendid silk of foreign loom, 
Where like a shoaling sea the lovely blue 
Play'd into green. Tennyson, Qerafnt 
3. To exhibit to the mind; make manifest or 
apparent ; bring into notice : as, to display one's 
ignorance or folly. 
His growth now to youth's full flower, displaying 
All virtue, grace, and wisdom to achieve 
Things highest, greatest. Milton, P. E., i. 67. 
Paint the Reverse of what you've seen to Day, 
And in liold Strokes the vicious Town display. 
Congrevf, Opening of the Queen's Theatre, Epil. 
Nothing can be more admirable than the skill which 
Socrates displays in the conversations which Plato has 
reported or invented. Macaulay, History. 
It is in the realising of grand character that the strength 
of historical genius chiefly .//,<'"."< itself. 
>''''-, Medieval and Modern Hist, p. 98. 
In fact, we may say that the great mass of purely bio- 
logical phenomena may be displayed for some time by an 
organism detached from its medium, as by a flsh out of 
water. //. Spencer, 1'rin. of PsychoL, 54. 
4f. To discover; descry. 
And from his seat took pleasure to display 
The city so adorned with towers. 
Chapman, Iliad, xi. 74. 
5. In printing, to make conspicuous or attrac- 
tive ; give special prominence to, as particular 
words or lines, by the use of larger type, wider 
space, etc.=Syn. 2. To parade, show off. 
H. in trans. 1. To lay anything open, as in 
carving or dissecting. 
displeasing 
attractive than the ordinary text-type. Also 
itixplay-lettcr. 
displet (diw'pl), t 1 . t. [Contr. of disciple, .] To 
discipline. 
And bitter Penaunce, with an yron whip, 
Was wont him once to di*plr every day. 
.i>-iwrr, K. Q., I. x. 27. 
displeasancet (dis-plez'ans), w. [Early mod. 
E. also disjilrasauiifc ; < MK. flix/ili usance, 
pleasaunce, < AF. disptesaiirn, OF. 
desplaisance, F. dtiplaisance = Pr. 
= Sp. Pg. displiccncia = It. dispiaccnza, dis- 
puiccnzia, spiacenza, < ML. displaeentia (> E. 
displacency), a restored form of L. displicentia 
(> E. displicence), displeasure, dissatisfaction, 
discontent: see displacem;/, Otpltatsnt. dix- 
please, aud cf. pleasance.] Displeasure; dissat- 
isfaction; discontent; annoyance; vexation. 
Such greues & many other happyth vnto the hunter. 
whyche for displeasanct of thcyni y' love it I dare not 
reporte. Jut. aerners, Treatyse of Fysshynge, fol. 1, back. 
Cordeill said she lov'd him as behoov'd : 
whose simple answere, wanting colours fayre 
To imint it forth, him to di*plfa*aunce moov'd. 
Spenter, V. Q., II. x. 28. 
displeasantt (dis-plez'ant), a. [< ME. 'dis- 
plesant, < AF. *disj)lesant, restored form of 
OF. desplaisant, F. deplaisiint, < ML. displa- 
cen(t-)s,Li. disjtlicen(t-)s,prjr. of displicere, ML. 
also displacere, displease: see displease. Cf. 
pleasant.] Unpleasant or unpleasing; show- 
ing or giving displeasure. 
The King's highnesse, at his upriseing and comeing 
thereunto, may flnde the said chamber pure, cleane, 
whollsome, and meete, without any displeasant aire or 
thing, as the health, commodity, and pleasure of his most 
noble pel-son doth require. 
Quoted in /;../,, /;.,* (E. E. T. S.), p. 364. 
If It were God's pleasure to give them into their ene- 
mies' hands, it was not they that ought to show one dis- 
pleasant look or countenance there against. 
Ma win H (Arber's Eng. Garner, L 202). 
That no man would invite 
The poet from us, to sup forth to-night, 
If the play please. If ft displeasant be, 
We do presume that no man will. 
11. Jonson, Devil is an Asa, v. 5. 
displeasantlyt (dis-plez'ant-li), adv. Unpleas- 
antly; offensively. 
He thought verily the Emperor should take it more dig- 
pleasantly than If his holiness had declared himself. 
Strype, Hen. VIII., an. 1528. 
He carves, displays, and cuts up to a wonder. Spectator, displease (dis-plez'), u. ; pret. and pp. dis- 
2. To make a show or display. 3. To make a 
great show of words ; talk demonstratively. 
The very fellow which of late 
Display d so saucily against your highness. 
Shak., Lear, ii. 4. 
display (dis-pla'), n. [< display, v.] An open- 
ing, unfolding, or disclosing; a spreading of 
anything to the view, commonly with the sense 
of ostentation or a striving for effect ; show ; 
exhibition : as, a great display of banners ; a 
display of jewelry. 
He died, as erring men should die, 
Without display, without parade. 
Byron, Parisina, xvii. 
Human nature, it is true, remains always the same, but 
the displays of it change. Lowelt, Study Windows, p. 223. 
= Syn. Shaic, Parade, etc. See ostentation. 
displayed (dis-plad' ), p. a. [Pp. of display, v.] 
1. Unfolded; opened: spread; expanded; mani- 
fested; disclosed. 2. In her. : (a) Having the 
wings expanded : said of a bird 
used as a bearing, especially a 
bird of prey. Compare disclosed, 
(b) Gardant and exteudant: said 
of a beast used as a bearing. 
[Rare.] Also extendan t. 3. In 
printing, printed in larger or 
more prominent type, or con- g^Sii. 
spicuously arranged to attract 
attention Descendent displayed. See descendent. 
Displayed foreshortened, m her., represented with 
the winjis extended and with the head outward, as if flying 
out of the Held: said of a bird used as a bearing. Dis- 
played recursant, in hrr., having the wings crossed be- 
hind the hack : said of a bird used as a bearing. The bird 
is generally represented showing the baek ; when in this 
position, it is sometimes said to be displayed tergiant. 
displayer (dis-pla'er), . One who or that 
which displays. 
The displayer of his high frontiers. 
Oayton, Notes on Don Quixote. 
display-letter (dis-pla'let'er), n. Same as dis- 
play-typc. 
display-stand (dis-pla'stand), . A rack, shelf, 
or other contrivance for showing goods in a 
window or on a counter. 
display-type (dis-pla'tip), . A type, or col- 
lectively types, of a style more prominent or 
pleased, ppr. displeasing. [< ME. displesen, 
desplesen, < AF. "displtser, OF. desplaisir, later 
desplaire, mod. F. dcplairc = Pr. desplazer = 
Sp. desplacer = Pg. despra:er = It. dispiacere, 
spiacere, < ML. displacere, restored form of L. 
displicere, displease, < dis- priv. + placere, 
please: see please.] I. trans. 1. To fail to 
please ; offend ; be disagreeable to ; excite 
aversion in: as, acrid and rancid substances 
displease the taste ; glaring colors disjtlease the 
eye ; his conduct displeased his relatives. 
God was displeased with this thing ; therefore he smote 
Israel. 1 Chron. xxi. 7. 
If strange meats displease, 
Art can deceive, or hunger force my taste. 
Donne, Satires. 
Soon as the unwelcome news 
From earth arrived at heaven-gate, ditqileased 
All were who heard. Milton. P. L, x. 22. 
Adversity is so wholesome, . . . why should we be dis- 
pleased with it? Barrow, Works, III. vii. 
Always teasing others, always teas'd, 
His only pleasure is to be ditpleax'd. 
Cotpper, Conversation. 
2t. To fail to accomplish or satisfy ; fall short 
of. 
I shall displease my ends else. Beau, and FL 
[Frequently followed by to in old English.] 
= Syn. 1. To annoy, chafe, provoke, pique, fret. 
II. intrans. To excite disgust or aversion. 
Foul sights do rather displease in that they excite the 
memory of foul things, than in the immediate objects. 
Bacon, Nat Hist 
displeasedly (dis-ple'zed-li), adv. In a dis- 
pleased or disapproving manner ; in the man- 
ner of one who is displeased. 
He looks down displeasedly upon the earth, as the re- 
gion of his sorrow and banishment 
/'/. Hall, The Happy Man. 
displeasedness (dis-ple'zed-nes), n. Displea- 
sure: uneasiness. W. Montague. 
displeaser (dis-ple'zer), n. One who or that 
winch displeases. 
displeasing (dis-ple'zing), p. a. [Ppr. of dis- 
plcfixe, v.~\ ( >ffensive to the mind or any of the 
senses ; disagreeable. 
His iiosition is never to report or speak a displeasing 
tiling to his friend. Strele. Taller, No. 208. 
