dislocation
dis·lo·ca·tion
noun
1.
an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
2.
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
- “the social dislocations resulting from government policies”
- “his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London”
3.
a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
Origin
From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio.
Phrases
- Taylor's dislocation
- Taylor-Orowan dislocation
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