displacer
What pushes aside
A displacer is something that displaces—pushes aside or takes the place of something else.
In engineering, it refers specifically to a component in Stirling engines that shuttles gas between hot and cold chambers without compressing it, distinct from a piston.
More generally, anything that forces something from its position: The new highway was a displacer of entire neighborhoods.
Reciprocating cylinder component
- plungerSuction device for clogs
- hydraulicRelating to pressurized liquids
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
actuator · volume · fluid · compression · buoyancy · Archimedes · immersion · submersion
Violent disturbance of order
- dislocationForced out of position
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- alienationState of being isolated
estrangement · turmoil · instability · uprooting · destabilization · disarray · disruption · change agent
Person fleeing danger abroad
- evacueeOne moved from danger
- exileBanishment from homeland
- deporteePerson forcibly removed abroad
- migrantOne who relocates
expatriate · uprooted · homeless · stateless · resettlement · relocation · repatriation · diaspora
Rotary-to-linear converter
- engineMachine producing motion
- StirlingCentral Scottish city
- crankshaftRotating engine shaft
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
regenerator · thermal · oscillation · reciprocating · piston · cylinder · heat exchanger · power cycle
Distinct period in sequence
- teleportationInstantaneous displacement across space
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
specter · ethereal · interdimensional · monster · aberration · tentacle · Dungeons & Dragons · bestiary
piston
Reciprocating cylinder component
cylinder · actuator · volume · fluid · compression · buoyancy · Archimedes · immersion · submersion · pressure
upheaval
Violent disturbance of order
- dislocationForced out of position
- disturbanceDisruption of order
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
alienation · estrangement · turmoil · instability · uprooting · destabilization · disarray · disruption · change agent · supplanter
refugee
Person fleeing danger abroad
migrant · expatriate · uprooted · homeless · stateless · resettlement · relocation · repatriation · diaspora · expulsion
cam
Rotary-to-linear converter
- engineMachine producing motion
- StirlingCentral Scottish city
- crankshaftRotating engine shaft
mechanism · regenerator · thermal · oscillation · reciprocating · piston · cylinder · heat exchanger · power cycle
phase
Distinct period in sequence
- teleportationInstantaneous displacement across space
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
phantom · specter · ethereal · interdimensional · monster · aberration · tentacle · Dungeons & Dragons · bestiary · creature
displacerfiller
Substance closing gaps
placeholder · stabilizer · stayer · occupant · settler
displacerdisplaced
Shifted from proper location
incumbent · replaced · supplanted · ousted · maintainer
- displaced personsPeople forced from home
- displaced peopleThose forced from homes
- water displacementVolume of liquid moved aside
- displaced families
- displaced workersThose who lost positions
- native displacementForcing indigenous people elsewhere
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