'Dislocation' definitions:

Definition of 'dislocation'

(from WordNet)
noun
An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity [syn: dislocation, disruption]
noun
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" [syn: dislocation, breakdown]
noun
A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)

Definition of 'Dislocation'

From: GCIDE
  • Dislocation \Dis`lo*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. dislocation.]
  • 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Surg.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. [1913 Webster]