📖 Definitions of "Flotation"
- 1
A state of floating, or being afloat.
- 2
The ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow.
- 3
(chemical engineering) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.
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The launching onto the market of a tranch of stocks or shares, usually a new issue.
🔄 Synonyms of "Flotation"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| floatationnoun | Nonstandard spelling of flotation. [A state of floating, or being afloat.] |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Flotation"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| floatationnoun | Nonstandard spelling of flotation. [A state of floating, or being afloat.] |
| waterlinenoun | (nautical) A line formed by the surface of the water on the hull of a ship when she is afloat; any of a series of short lines marked on the hull to show where the waterline would be under different loadings |
| frothnoun | Foam. |
| waternoun | A barangay of Baco, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines (unconfirmed). |
| floatnoun | A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. |
| buoyancynoun | The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid. |
| floatabilitynoun | The condition of being floatable |
| buoyantnessnoun | The state or quality of being buoyant. |
| floatinessnoun | The quality of being floaty. |
| buoyancenoun | The state or quality of being buoyant |
| flutinessnoun | The state or condition of being fluty. |
| levitynoun | A lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters. |
| poisenoun | Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation. |
| billowinessnoun | The state or quality of being billowy. |
| driftingnessnoun | The state or quality of being drifting; the property of drifting or seeming to drift. |
| flouncinessnoun | The state or quality of being flouncy |
| flutterationnoun | A state of agitation or uncertainty. |
| swimmingnessnoun | The act or state of swimming; suffusion. |
| foaminessnoun | The state or quality of being foamy. |
| fluidnessnoun | The quality of being fluid. |
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