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buoyancy

[ boi-uhn-see, boo-yuhn-see ]

noun

  1. the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
  2. the power of supporting a body so that it floats; upward pressure exerted by the fluid in which a body is immersed.
  3. lightness or resilience of spirit:

    Student well-being and buoyancy are especially important because of the relatively high incidence of depression and suicide.



buoyancy

/ 藞产蓴瑟蓹苍蝉瑟 /

noun

  1. the ability to float in a liquid or to rise in a fluid
  2. the property of a fluid to exert an upward force (upthrust) on a body that is wholly or partly submerged in it
  3. the ability to recover quickly after setbacks; resilience
  4. cheerfulness
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

buoyancy

  1. The upward force that a fluid exerts on an object that is less dense than itself. Buoyancy allows a boat to float on water and provides lift for balloons.

buoyancy

  1. The force that causes objects to float. According to the principle of Archimedes , when a solid is placed in a fluid (a liquid or a gas ), it is subject to an upward force equal in magnitude to the weight of the fluid it has displaced.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍辞苍路产耻辞测顎僡苍路肠测 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of buoyancy1

First recorded in 1705鈥15; buoy(ant) + -ancy
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Yet incredibly, sealing the ends watertight and fitting them with ballast tanks, gives enough buoyancy to tow them behind tugboats.

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In essence, it was a big raft, with tall, reinforced sides on 60 empty steel drums for buoyancy, towed by motorboat.

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So the team had to carefully account for its effects upon buoyancy and adjust by using weights and 3D-printed materials.

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The balloon showed a lack of buoyancy after the failed mission the day before, so Donaldson insisted on taking just one passenger with him this time.

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Scott said he "knew she had gone" when he saw her buoyancy aid a tethered buoy in the Firth of Forth as it was "the last thing that would have saved her".

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