displacement reaction
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Noun | 1. | displacement reaction - (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions chemical reaction, reaction - (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water" |
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