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buoyant force

–noun Physics.
See under Archimedes' principle.
Also called buoyancy force.

Archimedes' principle

–noun Physics.
the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
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