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buoyancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | airiness |
| Type of | weightlessness, lightness |
| Derivation | buoyant |
buoyancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | irrepressibility |
| Type of | liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness |
| Derivation | buoyant |
I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor.
buoyancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | perkiness |
| Type of | blitheness, cheerfulness |
| Derivation | buoyant |
buoyancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | tendency, inclination |
Examples of buoyancy
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The company's current buoyancy is a long way from the dark days of 10 years ago.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Students could experience simulated buoyancy by pushing a rubber ducky in water.
From the sltrib.com
Phase transitions of wax esters adjust buoyancy in diapausing Calanoides acutus.
From the sciencedaily.com
Air trapped in the cylinders provides enough buoyancy for the platform to float.
From the economist.com
Nollywood is big business, but its buoyancy has come at a heavy cost to artists.
From the guardian.co.uk
The reduced friction due to greater buoyancy allows for an increase in velocity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The diver must continuously adjust buoyancy or depth in order to remain neutral.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The mixture provides enough buoyancy to lift the densest known material, osmium.
From the newscientist.com
Unfortunately, helium is widely seen as the only satisfactory buoyancy resource.
From the newscientist.com
- Cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
- Airiness: the property of something weightless and insubstantial
- The tendency to float in water or other liquid
- Irrepressibility: irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor"
- (buoyant) tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"
- (buoyant) characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"
- In physics, buoyancy is an upward acting force, caused by fluid pressure, that opposes an object's weight. If the object is either less dense than the liquid or is shaped appropriately (as in a boat), the force can keep the object afloat. ...
- The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid; The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid; resilience or cheerfulness
- (buoyant) having buoyancy; able to float; lighthearted and lively
