Engineering
- Engine displacement, the total volume of air/fuel mixture an engine can draw in during one complete engine cycle
- Displacement (fluid), an object immersed in a fluid pushes the fluid out of the way
- Positive displacement meter, a pump or flow meter which processes a definite fluid volume per revolution
- Displacement has several meanings related to ships and boats
- Displacement hull, where the moving hull's weight is supported by buoyancy alone and it must displace water from its path rather than planing on the water's surface
- Displacement speed, a rule of thumb for non planing watercraft to estimate their theoretical maximum speed
- Displacement (ship), several related measurements of a ship's weight
- Insulation displacement connector, a type of electrical connector
- Displacement mapping, a technique in 3D computer graphics
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