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Flota
(gcide) | Flota \Flo"ta\, n. [Sp. See Flotilla.]
A fleet; especially, a ?eet of Spanish ships which formerly
sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to
transport to Spain the production of Spanish America.
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center of flotation
(encz) | center of flotation, n: |
centre of flotation
(encz) | centre of flotation, n: |
flotation
(encz) | flotation,flotace n: Zdeněk Brožflotation,upisování [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačflotation,vzplývání n: Tolda |
flotation device
(encz) | flotation device, n: |
flotace
(czen) | flotace,floatationn: Zdeněk Brožflotace,flotationn: Zdeněk Brož |
flotační
(czen) | flotační,floatationn: Zdeněk Brož |
Center of flotation
(gcide) | Flotation \Flo*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating,
flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See Flotilla.]
1. The act, process, or state of floating.
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2. The science of floating bodies.
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3. (Com. & Finance) Act of financing, or floating, a
commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the
like.
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Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding)
(a) The center of any given plane of flotation.
(b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load
water line. --Rankine.
Plane of flotation, or Line of flotation, the plane or
line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a
body floating in it. See Bearing, n., 9
(c) .
Surface of flotation (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface
which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel
rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
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Flotage
(gcide) | Flotage \Flo"tage\, n. [OF. flotage, F. flottage, fr. flotter to
float.]
1. The state of floating.
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2. That which floats on the sea or in rivers. [Written also
floatage.]
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Flotant
(gcide) | Flotant \Flo"tant\, a. [OF. flotant, F. flottant, p. pr. of
flotter to float.] (Her.)
Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a banner
flotant.
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Flotation
(gcide) | Flotation \Flo*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating,
flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See Flotilla.]
1. The act, process, or state of floating.
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2. The science of floating bodies.
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3. (Com. & Finance) Act of financing, or floating, a
commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the
like.
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Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding)
(a) The center of any given plane of flotation.
(b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load
water line. --Rankine.
Plane of flotation, or Line of flotation, the plane or
line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a
body floating in it. See Bearing, n., 9
(c) .
Surface of flotation (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface
which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel
rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
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Flotation process
(gcide) | Flotation process \Flotation process\
A process of separating the substances contained in
pulverized ore or the like by depositing the mixture on the
surface of a flowing liquid, the substances that are quickly
wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and
sinking, the others flowing off in a film or slime on the
surface, though, perhaps, having a greater specific gravity
than those that sink.
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Line of flotation
(gcide) | Flotation \Flo*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating,
flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See Flotilla.]
1. The act, process, or state of floating.
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2. The science of floating bodies.
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3. (Com. & Finance) Act of financing, or floating, a
commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the
like.
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Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding)
(a) The center of any given plane of flotation.
(b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load
water line. --Rankine.
Plane of flotation, or Line of flotation, the plane or
line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a
body floating in it. See Bearing, n., 9
(c) .
Surface of flotation (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface
which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel
rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
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Plane of flotation
(gcide) | Flotation \Flo*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating,
flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See Flotilla.]
1. The act, process, or state of floating.
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2. The science of floating bodies.
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3. (Com. & Finance) Act of financing, or floating, a
commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the
like.
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Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding)
(a) The center of any given plane of flotation.
(b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load
water line. --Rankine.
Plane of flotation, or Line of flotation, the plane or
line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a
body floating in it. See Bearing, n., 9
(c) .
Surface of flotation (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface
which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel
rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
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Surface of flotation
(gcide) | Flotation \Flo*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating,
flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See Flotilla.]
1. The act, process, or state of floating.
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2. The science of floating bodies.
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3. (Com. & Finance) Act of financing, or floating, a
commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the
like.
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Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding)
(a) The center of any given plane of flotation.
(b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load
water line. --Rankine.
Plane of flotation, or Line of flotation, the plane or
line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a
body floating in it. See Bearing, n., 9
(c) .
Surface of flotation (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface
which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel
rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
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center of flotation
(wn) | center of flotation
n 1: the center of gravity of a floating object [syn: {center of
flotation}, centre of flotation] |
centre of flotation
(wn) | centre of flotation
n 1: the center of gravity of a floating object [syn: {center of
flotation}, centre of flotation] |
flotation
(wn) | flotation
n 1: the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a
liquid without sinking) [syn: flotation, floatation]
2: financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
[syn: flotation, floatation] |
flotation device
(wn) | flotation device
n 1: rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to
keep a person from drowning [syn: life preserver,
preserver, flotation device] |
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