Also means
journey
Usage Note
Desplazamiento covers physical movement from one place to another (desplazamiento diario, 'daily commute') and forced displacement of populations (desplazamiento forzado). In physics it is the technical term for displacement as a vector quantity. The verb is desplazarse ('to travel/move').
Examples
"El desplazamiento al trabajo tarda media hora."
Natural Translation
The commute to work takes half an hour.
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