Definition of dislocation

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Dislocation (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations..

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Fault :: Fault (n.) A dislocation of the strata of the vein.
Uplift :: Uplift (n.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like..
Heave :: Heave (n.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode..
Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To restore to its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia..
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced..
Hitch :: Hitch (n.) A small dislocation of a bed or vein.
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
Slip :: Slip (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity..
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced..
Scala :: Scala (n.) A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
Surgeon :: Surgeon (n.) One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment..
Substance :: Subspinous (a.) Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
Slide :: Slide (n.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
Exarticulation :: Exarticulation (n.) Luxation; the dislocation of a joint.
Submammary :: Subluxation (n.) An incomplete or partial dislocation.
Eluxation :: Eluxation (n.) Dislocation; luxation.
Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations..
Jump :: Jump (n.) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
Luxation :: Luxation (n.) The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation..
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