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FLOATATION

• FLOATATION (noun)
The noun FLOATATION 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: FLOATATION used as a noun is rare.

• FLOATATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

floatation; flotation

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

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

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

floatation; flotation

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

finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)

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