buoyancy

[ UK /bˈɔ‍ɪənsi/ ]
[ US /ˈbɔɪənsi/ ]
NOUN
  1. the tendency to float in water or other liquid
  2. the property of something weightless and insubstantial
  3. cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
  4. irrepressible liveliness and good spirit
    I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor
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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
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