FLOTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flotation mean? 

• FLOTATION (noun)
  The noun FLOTATION has 2 senses:

1. the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)

2. financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares

  Familiarity information: FLOTATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

floatation; flotation

Hypernyms ("flotation" is a kind of...):

physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

Derivation:

float (put into the water)

float (set afloat)

float (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

floatation; flotation

Hypernyms ("flotation" is a kind of...):

finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)