Definitions of Buoyancy [ˈbɔɪ ən si, ˈbu yən si]

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Definition of 'Buoyancy'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) buoyancy
the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.

2. buoyancy
the power of supporting a body so that it floats; upward pressure exerted by the fluid in which a body is immersed.

3. buoyancy
lightness of spirit.

Etymology: (1705–15)

Definition of 'Buoyancy'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) buoyancy, perkiness
cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

2. (noun) airiness, buoyancy
the property of something weightless and insubstantial

3. (noun) buoyancy
the tendency to float in water or other liquid

4. (noun) irrepressibility, buoyancy
irrepressible liveliness and good spirit
"I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor"

Definition of 'Buoyancy'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Buoyancy
the property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water

2. (noun) Buoyancy
the upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced

3. (noun) Buoyancy
cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits

Translation of 'Buoyancy'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the ability to float on water or in the air the buoyancy of a balloon.
Afrikaans: dryfvermoë, stygkrag	Arabic: طَفَوِيَّه: قابِلِيَّةُ ا	Bulgarian: способност за задържане н
Brazilian: leveza	Czech: schopnost plout; vznosnos	German: die Schwimmkraft, der Auf
Danish: flydeevne; opdrift	Greek: πλευστότητα	Spanish: flotabilidad
Estonian: hõljuvus	Farsi: خاصیت شناور ماندن روی آب	Finnish: kelluvuus
French: flottabilité	Hebrew: כּוֹשֵר צִיפָה	Hindi: उत्प्‍लावन
Croatian: uzgon	Hungarian: felhajtóerő	Indonesian: kemampuan mengapung
Icelandic: flothæfni	Italian: galleggiabilità	Japanese: 浮力
Korean: 부력	Lithuanian: laikymasis ore/vandens pa	Latvian: peldspēja
Malay: keupayaan terapung	Dutch: drijfvermogen	Norwegian: flyteevne; oppdrift
Polish: pławność	Persian: خاصیت شناور ماندن روی آب	Pashto: د لامبوزن خاصیت لرل د اوب
Portuguese: leveza	Romanian: plutire	Russian: плавучесть
Slovak: vztlak; schopnosť udržať	Slovenian: vzgon	Serbian: sposbnost plutanja na vod
Swedish: flytförmåga, bärkraft	Thai: ทุ่นลอยน้ำ	Turkish: yüzebilme
Taiwanese: 浮力	Ukrainian: плавучість	Urdu: سطحٔ آب پر تیرنے کی صلاحی
Vietnamese: sự nổi	Chinese: 浮力
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