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–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; cheerfulness.

Also, buoyance.

[Origin: 1705–15; buoy(ant) + -ancy

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buoy·an·cy Audio Help (boi'ən-sē, bōō'yən-) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The tendency or capacity to remain afloat in a liquid or rise in air or gas.
2. The upward force that a fluid exerts on an object less dense than itself.
Ability to recover quickly from setbacks; resilience.
Lightness of spirit; cheerfulness.

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buoyancy
noun
1.	cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
2.	the property of something weightless and insubstantial [syn: airiness]
3.	the tendency to float in water or other liquid
4.	irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor" [syn: irrepressibility]

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ˈbuoyancy noun

the ability to float on water or in the air
Example: the buoyancy of a balloon

Arabic:	طَفَوِيَّه: قابِلِيَّةُ الطَّفو
Chinese (Simplified):	浮力
Chinese (Traditional):	浮力
Czech:	schopnost plout; vznosnost
Danish:	flydeevne; opdrift
Dutch:	drijfvermogen
Estonian:	hõljuvus
Finnish:	kelluvuus
French:	flottabilité
German:	die Schwimmkraft, der Auftrieb
Greek:	πλευστότητα
Hungarian:	felhajtóerő
Icelandic:	flothæfni
Indonesian:	kemampuan mengapung
Italian:	galleggiabilità

Japanese:	浮力
Korean:	부력
Latvian:	peldspēja
Lithuanian:	laikymasis ore, *vandens paviršiuje
Norwegian:	flyteevne; oppdrift
Polish:	pławność
Portuguese (Brazil):	flutuabilidade
Portuguese (Portugal):	leveza
Romanian:	plutire
Russian:	плавучесть
Slovak:	vztlak; schopnosť udržať sa na vode alebo vo vzduchu, splývať
Slovenian:	vzgon
Spanish:	flotabilidad
Swedish:	flytförmåga, bärkraft
Turkish:	yüzebilme

buoyancy Audio Help (boi'ən-sē) Pronunciation Key
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.

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buoyancy

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.

[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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Buoyancy

Buoy"an*cy\, n.; pl. Buoyancies. 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. (Physics) 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.

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