Definitions from Wiktionary (dislocation)
▸ noun: The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
▸ noun: (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
▸ noun: The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (gymnastics, dance) In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.
screw dislocation,
Hip dislocation,
fracture dislocation,
shoulder dislocation,
partial dislocation,
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▸ noun: The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
▸ noun: (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
▸ noun: The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (gymnastics, dance) In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.
Similar:
disruption,
breakdown,
displacement,
displantation,
dislodgement,
dislocator,
displacer,
dispossession,
delocation,
dislodger,
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congenital,
economic,
posterior,
social,
recurrent,
fracture,
anterior,
complete,
traumatic,
partial,
joint
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