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How to pronounce “dislocation”
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Pronunciation guide for dislocation
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dislocation with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Workers Rebuilding Communities After Natural Disasters
of their own dislocation,
- Definition summary
- The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
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How to pronounce dislocation
The Workers Rebuilding Communities After Natural Disasters
of their own dislocation,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dislocation”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
- (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
- The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
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