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Floatation

noun
1.
The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking).  Synonym: flotation.
2.
Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares.  Synonym: flotation.






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"Floatation" Quotes from Famous Books



... trans-oceanic migration. You do not know whether or not the absent orders have seeds which are killed by sea-water, like almost all Leguminosae, and like another order which I forget. Birds do not migrate from Australia to New Zealand, and therefore floatation SEEMS the only possible means; but yet I maintain that we do not know enough to argue on the question, especially as we do not know the main fact whether the seeds of Australian orders are ...
— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin



Words linked to "Floatation" :   finance, physical phenomenon, flotation, float



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