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Definition of Buoyancy

1. Noun. Cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface.

2. Noun. The property of something weightless and insubstantial.

3. Noun. The tendency to float in water or other liquid.

4. Noun. Irrepressible liveliness and good spirit. "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor"

Definition of Buoyancy

1. n. 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.

Definition of Buoyancy

1. Noun. (physics) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid. ¹

2. Noun. The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid. ¹

3. Noun. (by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Buoyancy

1. the tendency to float [n -CIES]

Medical Definition of Buoyancy

1. 1. 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. 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. "Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of her majesty's ships." (Eng. Cyc) 3. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buoyancy

bunyip aristocracy bunyips bunyon bunyons buolt buolts buoy buoy rope buoy tender buoy up

buoyage buoyages buoyance buoyances buoyancies buoyancy (current term) buoyancy aid buoyancy aids buoyant buoyant density

buoyantly buoyantness buoyed buoyed up buoying buoying up buoylike buoys buoys up buparvaquone

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