Feature Displacement

feature displacement - [graphics (map display)] The movement of features that would otherwise overprint or conflict with other features. For example, if a river, a road, and a railway run through a narrow valley, it is necessary, at some scales, to displace at least one of the features that represent them on the map to keep their symbols distinct.

[Category=Geospatial ]

Source: esri, 18 April 2012 08:06:48, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation