About The Word Flotation
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Flotation
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What's The Definition Of Flotation?
[n] financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
[n] the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) Synonyms | Synonyms for Flotation: floatation | floatation Related Terms | Find terms related to Flotation: coming out | curtain raiser | debut | embarkation | embarkment | first appearance | floating | inaugural address | inauguration | induction | initiation | installation | installment | introduction | issuance | issue | launching | maiden speech | opener | preliminary | stock issue | unveiling See Also | finance | physical phenomenon Flotation In Webster's Dictionary \Flo*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating,
flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See {Flotilla}.]
1. The act, process, or state of floating.
2. The science of floating bodies.
{Center of flotation}. (Shipbuilding)
(a) The center of any given plane of flotation.
(b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load
water line. --Rankine.
{Plane, or Line}, {of flotation}, the plane or line in which
the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in
it. See {Bearing}, n., 9
(c) .
{Surface of flotation} (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface
which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel
rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
\Flo*ta"tion\, n. (Com. & Finance) Act of financing, or floating, a commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the like. |
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