buoyancy
buoyancy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
- 2.Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of Ant: heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- affiance
- air
- airy
- anchor
- anticipation
- aspiration
- assumption
- assurance
- astatic
- axial
- axis
- azygous
- back
- backbone
- baleen
- balloon
- balm
- barm
- beam
- belief
- bit
- blue
- bottom
- bounce
- box
- bright
- bring
- bubble
- buoy
- buoyant
- caoutchouc
- center
- central
- centrality
- centralization
- centralize
- centrally
- centrical
- cheer
- clear
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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