flotation, floating, condition or state of floating; launching, setting sail; act of starting a business; IPO, first offering to the public of a company's shares on the stock market
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Floatation Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Floatation Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Flotation (historically spelled floatation) involves phenomena related to the relative buoyancy of objects. The term may refer to:
- Flotation, any material added to the Hull of a watercraft to keep the hull afloat
- Flotation (archaeology), a process to separate plant remains from soil during an Excavation
- Flotation process, in process engineering, a method for the separation of mixtures
- Froth flotation, a process for separating hydrophobic from hydrophilic materials
- Dissolved air flotation (DAF), a water treatment process
- Induced gas flotation, a water treatment process that clarifies wastewaters (or other waters) by the removal of suspended matter such as oil or solids
- Floatation (song), a 1990 electronic music song by The Grid
- Flotation, an initial public offering of stocks or shares in a company
- Flotation therapy, a technique which uses isolation tanks
- Personal flotation device, a device used to prevent drowning
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Floatation Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Noun
1. the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)
(synonym) flotation
(hypernym) physical phenomenon
(derivation) float
2. financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares
(synonym) flotation
(hypernym) finance
