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UK
/bˈɔɪənsi/
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[ US /ˈbɔɪənsi/ ]
[ US /ˈbɔɪənsi/ ]
NOUN
- the tendency to float in water or other liquid
- the property of something weightless and insubstantial
- cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
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irrepressible liveliness and good spirit
I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor
How To Use buoyancy In A Sentence
- A critical specialization in the locomotor spectrum for aquatic animals is buoyancy.
- Defying all laws of buoyancy, he continued walking into the water until the surface was a good five feet above him.
- This is despite the fact that no account has been taken of the potentially depressing impact on economic activity and revenue buoyancy of their tax raising proposals.
- This procedure confers on the armadillo enough additional buoyancy to enable it to float.
- This introductory course in hydrostatics of ships covers buoyancy, weights, metacenters and stability at small and large angles of heel and trim.
- What gives it buoyancy makes it taste disgusting. Times, Sunday Times
- After the search, experts will assess the hull before attaching giant sponson buoyancy tanks to refloat it. Times, Sunday Times
- Indeed, Hem's songs - no matter how bleak - project a hope and buoyancy that would grate were it not for their deftness and skill.
- He conducts an awkward interview in a swimming pool with increasing buoyancy issues. Times, Sunday Times
- Of course I am not so foolish as to suppose that all my work can have been achieved without _some_ penalty, and I have noticed for some time a decided change in my buoyancy and hopefulness -- in other words, in my usual The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete