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Displacement - The weight or amount of water displaced by the hull of a ship. Related Terms: Displacement - ship | water | Displacement (1) - Sum of the volumes swept by an engine's pistons as they travel up and down in their cylinders. Based upon bore (diameter of cylinder) and stroke (distance traveled by piston). Expressed in liters or cubic inches. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Displacement (1) - piston displacement | trucking | Movement - Action, activity, flow, or the physical displacement of a body from one point to another.Related Terms: Movement - transport | transportation | Piston Displacement - Sum of the volumes swept by an engine's pistons as they travel up and down in their cylinders. Based upon bore (diameter of cylinder) and stroke (distance traveled by piston). Expressed in liters or cubic inches. Reference: Truck Writers of North America (TWNA)Related Terms: Piston Displacement - displacement | trucking | Tonnage - The displacement of a vessel in tons of water; or a duty charged per ton of cargo at a port, pier, dock or canal.Related Terms: Tonnage - canal | displacement | dock | duty | pier | port | vessel |
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