Definition of Dislocation

Dislocation

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

The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

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

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Dislocation Quotations

Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest.
Harry Mathews

My overall message for labor members is... that we understand that the benefits of trade are clear, but the disruption and the dislocation are painfully concentrated and we can't ignore them.
Alexis Herman

I don't like the dislocation of being away for months at a time. It's not conducive to having a life.
Bob Mould

Therefore it is essential that some means should be sought whereby the work of the nation may be carried on without constant yet at present necessary dislocation.
James Larkin

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Dislocation Translations

dislocation in German is Versetzung (eines Halbl.)
dislocation in Norwegian is forvridning

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