About The Word Flotation

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Flotation

Flotation Meaning & Definition
Flotation Definition And Meaning

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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