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float⋅a⋅tion

  [floh-tey-shuhn]
–noun
flotation.
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Origin:
1800–10
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flo⋅ta⋅tion

  [floh-tey-shuhn]
–noun
1. an act or state of floating.
2. the launching of a commercial venture, bond issue, loan, etc.
3. Metallurgy. a process for separating the different minerals in a mass of powdered ore based on their tendency to sink in, or float on, a given liquid.
4. the science of floating bodies.
Also, floatation.

Origin:
1800–10; float + -ation; cf. F flottaison (see flotsam )
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float·a·tion   (flō-tā'shən)   
n.  Variant of flotation.
flo·ta·tion also float·a·tion   (flō-tā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act, process, or condition of floating. Also called flotage.

  2. The act or an instance of launching or initiating, especially the floating of stocks or bonds or the financing of a business venture by floating stocks or bonds.

  3. The process of separating different materials, especially minerals, by agitating a pulverized mixture of the materials with water, oil, and chemicals. Differential wetting of the suspended particles causes unwetted particles to be carried by air bubbles to the surface for collection.

  4. The capability, especially of a vehicle tread or tire, to remain on top of a soft surface, such as sand, wet ground, or snow.

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flotation flo·ta·tion (flō-tā'shən)
n.
The process of separating different materials, especially minerals, by agitating a pulverized mixture of the materials with water, oil, and chemicals. Differential wetting of the suspended particles causes unwetted particles to be carried by air bubbles to the surface for collection.

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