To separate physical objects, typically a machine and its operator. Moving informationprocessingapparatus to a location remote from its operator, or vice versa. As opposed to colocate.
1. to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones.
2. to put out of joint or out of position, as a limb or an organ.
3. to throw out of order; upset; disorder: Frequent strikes dislocated the economy.