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"FLOATS" is a plural of: float. |
Date "FLOATS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Fractions with a defined upper limit of specific gravity and so described;e.g., floats, sp gr, 1.40. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Buoyancy is the ability to float. In physics, the word buoyancy also refers to the quantity of buoyant force, regardless of whether the object floats or not. If the buoyancy exceeds the weight, then the object floats; if the weight exceeds the buoyancy, it sinks. It was the ancient Greek Archimedes of Syracuse who first discovered the law of buoyancy, sometimes called Archimedes' principle:(Fluid means either a liquid, such as water or oil, or a gas, such as air.) If the weight of an object is less than that of the fluid that the object displaces when it is fully submerged, then it floats at such a level that the weight of the object is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. If the object's weight exceeds that of the displace fluid, then it sinks.
- The buoyancy is equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.
An object of a material of higher density than the fluid, e.g. a metal object in water, can still float if it has a suitable shape that keeps air below the surface level of the fluid. In that case, for the average density mentioned above, the air is included also, which may reduce this density to less than that of the fluid.
This is the principle of vessels such as boats and ships, discovered by Archimedes.
Although Archimedes' principle gives the force on a buoyant object, it is generally not recognized that this does not determine the related acceleration of the object in the usual way over Newton's first law. This is because not only has the mass of the object to be accelerated but also the mass of the displaced fluid. One can compare the situation to a scale, where the weight on one side is given by the object, and the weight on the other side by the displaced fluid element. Depending on which of the two is heavier, one side of the scale will drop and the other rise, but since both sides are rigidly connected, both masses have to be accelerated together at the same rate (albeit in opposite directions).
It is obvious that without taking the displaced fluid element into account, energy would not be conserved during the buoyant motion of an object as it would gain both potential and kinetic energy when rising in the fluid.
See also Hull (ship), Flotation, Naval architecture.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Buoyancy."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
The Drama | Stage, scene, scenery, the boards; trap, mezzanine floor; flies; floats, footlights; offstage; orchestra. |
Adverb: on the stage, on the boards; on film; before the floats, before an audience; behind the scenes. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What also floats in water (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) No, no. What else floats in water (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese) His image floats beside me. A sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brain (Dead Poets Society; writing credit: Tom Schulman) | |
Lyrics | I bring you everything that floats into your mind (Anything But Down; performing artist: Sheryl Crow) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Industrial Floats (1901) Procession of Floats (1898) No. 9 Horticultural Floats (1898) Allegorical Floats (1898) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | White Floats out the Open Hatch. Credit: NASA. |  | Wiredrag - N. H. Heck watching the brake to stop reel Reel stopped to attach floats and buoys to mark wire location Deck of contract sloop NENA A. ROWLAND Wiredrag party of N. H. Heck Only known photograph of Nicholas Heck in the field. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Viney floats deployed from OCEANOGRAPHER during DOMES project. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The paraphernalia of fishing on the pier - mountains of nets, floats, etc. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A dead fish floats on the surface after the April 7th Swanson Creek oil spill. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Preparing floats for a mooring deployment. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Photo # 2 - Streaming net during trawling operations. Yellow floats are pulled underwater but help keep the mouth of the net open while being towed. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Purse seining. Salmon swimming near the surface are surrounded with a wall of netting, which is supported by floats. Lines are then drawn tight in the lower surface of the net to "purse" it into a baglike shape. The fish are then bailed out of the net. F&WL C-1163. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Longlines and floats being readied for the fishing grounds. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Bell UH-1M N57RF supporting scientific party. Helicopter pilot Budd Christman took time out to collect glass Japanese fishing floats on beach. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
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| "Rubber Ducky" by Eoghan Mcnally Commentary: "20 yr old rubber duck,still floats n'all!." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The whole bends, cracks, snaps, floats, rolls, falls, crashes, hurries, plunges |
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Economic History | Hungary | Within the band, the forint effectively floats and has appreciated by 10 percent in little over two months. (references) |
Albania | The Albanian lek floats freely and has been relatively stable with some seasonal variations over the past year. (references) | |
Political Economy | AUSTRALIA | Federal Government ownership in telecommunications carrier Telstra has been reduced (via two public floats) to 51 percent. (references) |
Trade | Croatia | Croatia's currency, the kuna (HRK), floats freely, but the Croatian National Bank intervenes in the market from time-to-time to ensure stability of the currency, effectively ensuring the crawling peg (to the Euro) performance, disrupted by the seasonal impacts of tourism revenues. (references) |
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| "FLOATS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 62.96% of the time. "FLOATS" is used about 189 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 62.96% | 119 | 29,501 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 35.45% | 67 | 40,952 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.59% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 189 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "FLOATS": twin-floats. | |
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| Language | Translations for "FLOATS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | de saakaldte semisubmersible/halvnedsaenkbare platforme hviler ved hjaelp af ben paa flydende pontoner,der ved ballastering nedsaenkes til betydelige dybder (or floats, semi-submersible platforms are supported by a system of tubular members and stabilising columns connected to pontoons, which are ballasted to a draught of 20 metres or more). (various references) | |
Dutch | de z.g.diepdrijvende platforms rustens via zuilen op pontons die,door volpompen met water,op grote diepte worden gebracht (or floats, semi-submersible platforms are supported by a system of tubular members and stabilising columns connected to pontoons, which are ballasted to a draught of 20 metres or more). (various references) | |
French | rampe lumineuse, rampe. (various references) | |
German | schwebt (hovers, impends). (various references) | |
Greek | οι ημιβυθιζόμενες εξέδρες στηρίζονται με τη βοήθεια στηλών πάνω σε βυθισμένους πλωτήρες ή ποντόνια,δια ερματισμού,σε σημαντικά βάθη (or floats). (various references) | |
Italian | pende, luci della ribalta (footlights, limelight). (various references) | |
Manx | snaueanyn, skianyn (side-wings), mollagyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oatsflay.(various references) | |
Spanish | las plataformas llamadas semisumergibles se apoyan, a través de un sistema de columnas, sobre elementos de flotación sumergibles, que se lastran para alcanzar profundidades de 20 metros o más (or floats, semi-submersible platforms are supported by a system of tubular members and stabilising columns connected to pontoons, which are ballasted to a draught of 20 metres or more). (various references) | |
Swedish | ramp (footlights, foot-lights, ramp). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 2, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai sunhgagen salwmwn pantaV touV andraV touV proshlutouV en gh israhl meta ton ariqmon on hriqmhsen autouV dauid o pathr autou kai eureqhsan ekaton penthkonta ciliadeV kai triscilioi exakosioi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nos autem caedemus ligna de Libano quot necessaria habueris et adplicabimus ea ratibus per mare in Ioppe tuum erit transferre ea in Hierusalem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | We forsothe hewen the trees from the wode, as fele as thou schalt han need; and we schulen applyen hem in names bi the se in to Joppe; thin forsothe schal ben to leeden hem ouer in to Jerusalem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou mayest convey it to Jerusalem. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem. |
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| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 2, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Ug kami mamutol ug kahoy gikan sa Libano, sumala sa imong gikinahanglan; ug among dad-on kini dinha kanimo pinaagi sa gakit sa dagat ngadto sa Joppe; ug dad-on mo kini hangtud sa Jerusalem. |
| Croatian | Salomon pobroji sve strance koji se zatekoše u Izraelovoj zemlji poslije popisa što ga bijaše proveo njegov otac David i naðe ih sto pedeset tri tisuæe i šest stotina. |
| Danish | så vil vi fælde så mange Træer på Libanon, som du har Brug for, og sende dig dem i Tømmerflåder på Havet til Jafo; men du må selv få dem op til Jerusalem." |
| Dutch | En wij zullen hout houwen uit den Libanon, naar al uw nooddruft, en zullen het tot u met vlotten, over de zee, naar Jafo brengen; en gij zult het laten ophalen naar Jeruzalem. |
| Finnish | Silloin me hakkaamme puita Libanonilta niin paljon, kuin sinä tarvitset, ja me kuljetamme ne lautoissa meritse sinulle Jaafoon. Toimita sinä ne sitten ylös Jerusalemiin." |
| French | Et nous, nous couperons des bois du Liban autant que tu en auras besoin; nous te les expédierons par mer en radeaux jusqu`à Japho, et tu les feras monter à Jérusalem. |
| German | so wollen wir das Holz hauen auf dem Libanon, wieviel es not ist, und wollen's auf Flößen bringen im Meer gen Japho; von da magst du es hinauf gen Jerusalem bringen. |
| Hungarian | Mi pedig a Libánuson vágunk fát, a mennyire néked szükséged lesz, és elviszszük azokat szálakon a tengeren Joppéhoz, és te onnét vitessed Jeruzsálembe. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kami akan menebang kayu cemara dari pegunungan Libanon sebanyak yang Tuan perlukan, lalu mengikatnya menjadi rakit, dan menghanyutkannya melalui laut sampai ke Yope. Dari sana Tuan dapat mengangkutnya ke Yerusalem." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kamipun akan meramu kayu dari pada Libanon sekadar tuan berhajat dan kami akan membawa dia kepada tuan berakit-rakit di laut ke Yafo, lalu hendaklah tuan suruh bawa akan dia naik ke Yeruzalem. |
| Italian | Salomone censì tutti gli stranieri che erano nel paese di Israele: un nuovo censimento dopo quello effettuato dal padre Davide. Ne furono trovati centocinquantatremilaseicento. |
| Maori | A ma matou e tapahi he rakau i Repanona, kia rite ki au e mea ai mau: ka whakatere atu ai ki a koe i te moana ki Hopa, a mau e taritari ki Hiruharama. |
| Norwegian | Så skal vi hugge så mange trær på Libanon som du har bruk for, og sende dem i flåter på havet til Joppe; så kan du selv hente dem op til Jerusalem. |
| Rumanian | Wi noi vom tqia lemne din Liban atkt ckt vei avea nevoie; yi le vom trimete pe mare kn plute pknq la Iafo, wi de acolo tu le vei sui la Ierusalim.`` |
| Spanish | Nosotros cortaremos en el Líbano toda la madera que necesites, y te la llevaremos por mar en balsas hasta Jope; y tú la subirás a Jerusalén. |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "FLOATS": refloats. (additional references) | |
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"FLOATS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Filotas, Flahaut, flatsy, Flatz, fleats, floate, floit, flokatis, flotels, fluets, folate, olfacts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "FLOATS" (pronounced flō"ts) |
| 4 | -l ō" t s | gloats. |
| 3 | -ō" t s | boats, coats, connotes, Cotes, denotes, devotes, goats, moats, motes, notes, oats, promotes, quotes, throats, totes, votes. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: flotas. | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-l-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aloft, altos, fatso, flats, float, flota, foals, loafs, lofts, lotas, softa, tolas. | |
-2 letters: also, alto, alts, fast, fats, flat, foal, last, lats, loaf, loft, lost, lota, lots, oafs, oast, oats, salt, slat, slot, sofa, soft, sola, stoa, taos, tola. | |
-3 letters: aft, als, alt, fas, fat, las, lat, lot, oaf, oat, oft, sal, sat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-l-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: flotsam, folates. | |
+2 letters: batfowls, blastoff, boastful, boatfuls, fallouts, falsetto, flattops, floatels, floaters, flokatis, flotages, flotsams, flyboats, foliates, forestal, foxtails, frontals, haylofts, holdfast, outfalls, refloats, softball. | |
+3 letters: blastoffs, colorfast, conflates, cowlstaff, deflators, falconets, faldstool, falsettos, faltboats, fatuously, fellatios, fellators, flagstone, flameouts, flatboats, flatfoots, flatirons, flatworks, flatworms, flavorist, fleaworts, floatages, floatiest, flotillas, foldboats, folktales, fontanels, footballs, footfalls, footwalls, forestall, forestial, formalist, gatefolds, halftones, holdfasts, inflators, lifeboats, outfables, outflanks, pantofles, platforms, postfault, shortfall, softballs, solfatara, splayfoot, sulfonate, trifocals, ultrasoft. | |
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