buoyancy
buoyancy
Definition
buoy·ancy (bo̵i′ən sē; also bo̵̅o̅′yən-)
noun
- the ability or tendency to float or rise in liquid or air
- the power to keep something afloat; upward pressure on a floating object
- lightness or resilience of spirit
Etymology: < buoyant
buoyancy
Synonyms
buoyancy
n.
Lightness
levity, ethereality, buoyance, airiness, weightlessness, floatability; see also lightness 2.Cheerfulness
gaiety, good humor, resilience, lightheartedness; see happiness 1, 2.
buoyancy
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- spirit: But in a few months his health showed improvement, and he recovered to some extent his natural buoyancy of spirit.
- economy: The future of Dartmoor is very much dependent on the buoyancy of the hill farming economy.
- market: This average is seasonally adjusted to correct for regular changes in the buoyancy of the labor market through the year.
- water: Just letting the natural buoyancy of the water keep me afloat.
Converse of object
- adjust: Carefully adjusting buoyancy, we gently descended beside the wall.
- maintain: To maintain neutral buoyancy, you use a pattern that results in an average that results in neither an ascent nor a decent.
- lose: Both divers commenced the ascent but at 30m the casualty lost buoyancy and started to sink feet first.
- drive: This was the indicated slice of the natural convection buoyancy driven flow from Figure 16.
Adjective modifier
- inexplicable: A curious lightness--a perfectly inexplicable buoyancy seemed to possess him.
- neutral: In the water a bit of weight ' trimming ' was needed at the start to get back to neutral buoyancy.
- continued: High City bonuses and the continued buoyancy of the financial markets will help boost the housing market in the capital.
- adequate: Wet suits and dry suits are not adequate personal buoyancy.
- negative: The pipe was continuously welded, and concrete coated for protection and negative buoyancy.
- positive: Students should be encouraged to weight for positive buoyancy for the last third of their dive.
Modifies a noun
- compensator: You can also choose to purchase a buoyancy compensator with an integrated weight system.
- aid: Perhaps they're trying to make us grow buoyancy aids in case we sink?
- compartment: For example the advocated use of expanded foam fill in buoyancy compartments militates against the need for access to conduct hull surveys.
- jacket: As I roll backward off the dive boat and deflate my buoyancy jacket, my field of vision changes from sky to sea.
- tank: We also have buoyancy tanks fitted to all our boats.
- control: You know your buoyancy control is much better than last year.
Browse dictionary entries near buoyancy
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- bunting
- bunt
