Found 3 items, similar to Dislocation.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dislocation
dislokasi, terlepas dari sambungan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dislocation
dislocation
n 1: an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
[syn:
disruption]
2: 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” [syn:
breakdown]
3: a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal
position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dislocation
Dislocation
\Dis`lo*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. dislocation.]
1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
--T. Burnet.
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2. (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of
strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
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3. (Surg.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint;
also, the condition of being thus displaced.
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