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floatation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flotation |
| Type of | physical phenomenon |
| Derivation | float |
Examples of floatation
floatation
Tuesday's statement offered the first pricing details for the share floatation.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Each prize includes a floatation experience, lunch and use of spa facilities.
From the mirror.co.uk
He'd seen his car turn into a boat and his refrigerator become a floatation device.
From the cnn.com
This led to Betfair's floatation last year as City fund managers took massive punts.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Cavic has a suit from Arena that blurs the line between floatation aid and speedboat.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
As mentioned, there have been two significant unquoted company exits and one floatation.
From the hemscott.com
At one point, he got a floatation bed for me because I was getting pressure point sores.
From the heraldtribune.com
At one point the shares were worth less than the cash it had in the bank from the floatation.
From the guardian.co.uk
The garments we are developing for fishermen will also include integrated floatation functions.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Flotation: the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
- Flotation: financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
- Floatation is the third single by English electronic artists The Grid, which was released in 1990 on EastWest Records UK. It was released on 7" and 12" vinyl, and as a CD Maxi single. Written and produced by The Grid, it featured vocals by Sacha Souter. ...
- The process by which a company lists on the market for the first time. Also referred to as an Initial Public Offering (IPO).
- Float in tanks filled with sterile salt water regulated so that its temperature is precisely the same as your body temperature for a sense of buoyancy and weightlessness. ...
- A method for removing ink from paper during the deinking process by floating if off the paper. see also deinking.
- The process in which ore is separated from gangue. Ore is agitated in a bath of special liquid so the metallic ore fraction either rises or sinks to the bottom and the gangue does the opposite.
- The ability to float generally referring to large low pressure tires (i.e., the ability of a tire, to pass over soft surfaces without sinking in.)
