Dis'lo-cā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. dislocation, Pr. dislocacio, Sp. dislocacion, It. dislogazione.]

1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. Burnet.
2. (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situations which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
3. (Surg.) The act of removing or forcing a bone from its socket, or the condition of being thus displaced; luxation.