dislocation

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃən/

Noun

countable uncountable

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. / (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.

Japanese Meaning

あるものが元の位置からずれる行為、またはその状態 (例: 地質学における岩石や地層のずれ) / 一般に、何かが本来の位置から外れる現象

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The sudden dislocation of the machinery's shaft caused a complete halt in production.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

機械の軸の突然の位置のずれにより生産は完全に停止した。

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Sense（1）

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

As mentioned last month in the article "Railways and the War," the emergency timetables were planned in view of the possibility of serious dislocation of transport by air raids in the early days of the war, and were regarded as the minimum service which would keep the activities of the country alive.

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Sense（2）

(geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.

Sense（3）

The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.

Sense（4）

(materials science) A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.

Sense（5）

(grammar) A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries.

dislocations

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