| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a floating manner.[Websters]
2. In a faltering manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a wavering or oscillating manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a vacillating manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a palpitating manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a soaring manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a polished or burnished manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a corked or stoppered manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a disturbing, unsettled or deranged manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective floating.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Floating) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb float.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (float) | 1. Be in motion due to some air or water current.[Wordnet]. 2. Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom.[Wordnet]. 3. Set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond".[Wordnet]. 4. Circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform".[Wordnet]. 5. Move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage".[Wordnet]. 6. Put into the water; "float a ship".[Wordnet]. 7. Make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster".[Wordnet]. 8. Allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months".[Wordnet]. 9. Convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data".[Wordnet]. 10. Be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink.[Wordnet]. 11. To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.[Websters]. 12. To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.[Websters]. 13. To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.[Websters]. 14. To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation.[Websters]. 15. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.[Websters]. 16. To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air.[Websters]. 17. Base verb from the following inflections: floating, floated, floats, floater, floaters, floatingly and floatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"FLOATINGLY" is a common misspelling or typo for: gloatingly. |
Date "FLOATINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1887. (references) |
Specialty Definition: float
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] That which swims or is borne on water; as a float of weeds and rushes. But particularly, a body or collection of timber, boards or planks fastened together and conveyed down a stream; a raft. [The latter word is more generally used in the United States.]. | 2: [Noun] The cork or quill used on an angling line, to support it and discover the bite of a fish.. | 3: [Noun] The act of flowing; flux; flood; the primary sense, but obsolete.. | 4: [Noun] A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one deep.. | 5: [Noun] A wave. [L. fuctus.]. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Administration | (1) To remain suspended within or on the surface of a fluid without sinking. To cause to remain suspended without sinking or falling. (2) To put into water; launch. (3) To flood (land), as for irrigation. (references) | ||
| Aerospace | 1: Float Type. (references) | 2: To move or drift slowly on a liquid or through the air. (references) | |
| Business | 1: Somme remise chaque matin, au livreur, afin qu'il ait de la monnaie à remettre aux clients. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: The time between the disbursement of funds and receipt of payment. (references) | |
| Computing | An element of document, normally a keep, that is to appear at some specified position relative to the type area on whatever page contains it (e. g. the middle of a column, the bottom of a page), whose precise position relative to the text cannot be determined until pagination is performed. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Energy | Flatbed semitrailer. (references) | ||
| Finance | 1: The number of freely traded shares in the hands of the public. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: The time that elapses between the day a check is written and issued and the day it is presented for payment to the financial institution on which it is drawn. (references) | 3: The value of checks which have been presented at a first bank for collection, but are still in transit and not yet presented at the bank against which they are drawn. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Food & Agriculture | 1: A buoyant unit used to give lift or to mark the position of a net, or both. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: A platform of heavy overlapping planks cleated together that is drawn over soil to compact and smooth its surface, to improve its condition, or to crush clods. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Geography | Float is geographically located in Ireland. Its features include a railroad station (a facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight). Its geographic coordinates are 53.7 degrees North latitude and 7.45 degrees West longitude. (references) | ||
| Industry | A length of yarn on the surface of a fabric between adjacent intersections. This will correspond to the number of threads over or under which the intersecting yarn passes in a woven structure. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Meteorology & Standards | A measure of timber equal to 18 loads. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Military | The period of time that an activity may be delayed without becoming a critical activity. (references) | ||
| Mining | 1: A long flat-bed semi-trailer. (references) | 2: A. A general term for loose fragments of ore or rock, esp.on a hillside below an outcropping ledge or vein. Syn: floater float ore.b. Fine gold that floats in panning and other operations and is lost c. A timber platform, faced with boiler iron on both sides, and provided with rings at the corners for lifting. It is used in shaft work to prevent the crushing of the bottom timbers by flying fragments of rock d. The tendency of the bit in a flat-angle borehole to follow an increasingly flat course as the depth of the borehole increases e. In mineral concentration, the response of a specific mineral to the flotation process f. The fine dust that does not settle out of the air current in the grinding mills but is filtered out by fine cloth bags. Also, the fine dust collecting on the roof and timbers in a mine.g. Metal particles so fine that they float on the surface of water in crushing or washing, as float gold.h. Various forms of ball-and-seat valves commonly inserted in casing and rod strings in such a manner as to keep drilling fluid out of the casing or rod string when lowered into a borehole. Also called float valve i. To lift a material by the buoyant action of a strong current or flow of a liquid medium; also, that material buoyant enough to float on the surface of a liquid medium j. The buoyant part of an apparatus for indicating the height of water in a steam boiler or of liquid in a tank. (references) | |
| Physics | A floating-point number, esp. a single-precision real. (references) | ||
| Transportation | 1: Buoyant structure used in devices for controlling the level of a liquid. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: Logs fastened together to form a small raft, as in a storage pond. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account. No sir, your current float is not taken into account, when assets are legally garnished. (references) | 2: [Noun] (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid. Our bank does a nightly sweep of accounts, to adjust the float so we stay within our reserves limit. (references) | 3: [Noun] (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange. 2006, You don't actually need a broker to buy shares in a float when a company is about to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. — Australian Securities and Investments Commission financial tips article, Buying shares in a float [1]. (references) | 4: [Noun] (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out. We make a lot of interest from our nightly float. (references) | 5: [Noun] (programming) Short form of floating-point number. That routine should not have used an int, it should be a float. (references) | 6: [Noun] (UK) A small battery-powered vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float. (references) | 7: [Noun] A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid. Attach the float and the weight to the fishing line, above the hook. (references) | 8: [Noun] A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made. (references) | 9: [Noun] A soft beverage with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream floating in it. It's true - I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice-cream to be a "real" float. (references) | 10: [Noun] A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces. When pouring a new driveway, you can use a two-by-four as a float. (references) | 11: [Noun] An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant. That float covered in roses is very pretty. (references) | 12: [Verb] (intransitive) (colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable. That's a daft idea... it'll never float. (references) | 13: [Verb] (intransitive) Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface. The boat floated on the water. The oil floated on the vinegar. (references) | 14: [Verb] (intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change. (references) | 15: [Verb] (intransitive) To be capable of floating. That boat doesn't float. Oil floats on vinegar. (references) | 16: [Verb] (intransitive) To drift gently through the air. The balloon floated off into the distance. (references) | 17: [Verb] (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly. I'm not sure where they went... they're floating around here somewhere. Images from my childhood floated through my mind. (references) | 18: [Verb] (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner. The dancer floated gracefully around the stage. (references) | 19: [Verb] (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating I'd love to just float downstream. (references) | 20: [Verb] (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule. The yen floats against the dollar. (references) | 21: [Verb] (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density; as, to float a boat. (references) | 22: [Verb] (transitive) To extend a short-term loan to. Could you float me $50 until payday?. (references) | 23: [Verb] (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration. I floated the idea of free ice-cream on Fridays, but no one was interested. (references) | 24: [Verb] (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets. The government floated the pound in January. (references) | 25: [Verb] (transitive, finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange. 2005, He floated the company on the Milan Stock Exchange last December and sold 29 per cent of its shares, mostly to American investors. — article by Dewi Cooke, The Age newspaper, 21 June 2005 (about Mario Moretti Polegato) [2]. (references) |
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Common Expressions: float
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Car float | A railroad car float is an unpowered barge with rail tracks mounted on its deck. It is used to move railroad cars across water obstacles, or to locations they could not otherwise access, and is pushed or towed by a tugboat. As such, the car float is a specialised form of the train ferry. (references) | ||
| Carling float | A raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dead-man's float | A floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Even-more Irish rootbeer float | The Even-more Irish Rootbeer Float is a widely accepted variation of the Irish Rootbeer Float in which some, or all of the vodka is substituted with whiskey. Presumably, whiskey was not in the original mix because of its strong flavor which in many ways defeats the goal of the Irish rootbeer float, that is, to be sweet and unassuming, and yet viciously effective. Some locals believe whiskey was left out of the original mixture because there was no whiskey available, legend states it was created during an angry winding-down process at a party, and still others that the creator was too drunk to read the labels on the bottles. (references) | ||
| Feathering float | (Naut.), the float or paddle of a feathering wheel. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Float (finance) | The free float of a public company is the proportion of shares available for purchase in the market by investors. In principal, it is that part of shares not held by strategic shareholders (insiders) and not held as treasury stock. The "shares outstanding" is all shares less eventual treasury stock. (references) | ||
| Float (money supply) | In economics, Float makes up the smallest part of the money supply. Float occurs when there is a delay in the clearing of payments between banks. It is most obvious in the time delay between when you write a check and when the funds to cover that check are deducted from your account. (references) | ||
| Float (parade) | A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Tournament of Roses Parade. For the latter event, floats are decorated in flowers. (references) | ||
| Float board | One of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel; -- a vane. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Float case | (Naut.), a caisson used for lifting a ship. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Float chamber | A float chamber is a device for automatically regulating the supply of a liquid to a system. It is most typically found in the carburettor of a normally aspirated internal combustion engine, where it automatically arranges for the smooth supply of fuel to the engine. However, this arrangement is found in many automatic liquid systems, for example the cistern of a toilet could be said to be a type of float chamber. (references) | ||
| Float glass | Float glass is made by melting glass and feeding a thin layer onto a tank of molten tin in a nitrogen atmosphere. The glass flattens out forming a perfectly smooth glossy surface on both sides with an even thickness. This allows the production of smooth clear window glass very economically. (references) | ||
| Float ore | Water-worn particles of ore; fragments of vein material found on the surface, away from the vein outcrop. --Raymond. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Float stone | (Arch.), a siliceous stone used to rub stonework or brickwork to a smooth surface. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Float valve | A valve or cock acted upon by a float. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Float valve | A float valve is a mechanical feedback mechanism that regulates fluid level by using a float to drive an inlet valve such that a higher fluid level will force the valve closed whilst a lower fluid level will force the valve open. This is an example of negative feedback. (references) | ||
| Glass float | Small glass float from southern tip of TaiwanGlass floats, glass fishing floats, or Japanese glass fishing floats are popular collectors’ items. They were once used by fishermen in many parts of the world to keep their nets afloat. Large groups of fishnets strung together, sometimes 50 miles long, were set adrift in the ocean and supported near the surface by hollow glass balls or cylinders containing air to give them buoyancy. (references) | ||
| Great Float | The Great Float, is a dock at Birkenhead, United Kingdom. It was built between 1851-1860. It was built on the site of Wallasey Pool, the entrance was through Egerton Dock. The construction of Alfred Dock in 1866 provided access for larger ships. (references) | ||
| Ice-cream float | A drink with ice cream floating in it. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Irish Rootbeer Float | The Irish rootbeer float is a relatively new invention, finding its origins in the Southwestern region of Pennsylvania. It is a creamy, sweet beverage that utilizes the mild neutral flavor of vodka to excellent effect, having a deceptively high alcohol content. The mix itself is very simple and versatile. Many feel that an Irish rootbeer float can act as a better introduction to spirits than beer, which is a far more common introduction to alcoholic beverages. (references) | ||
| Managed float regime | Managed float regime. The current international financial environment in which exchange rates fluctuate from day to day, but central banks attempt to influence their countries exchange rates by buying and selling currencies. Also known as a dirty float. (references) | ||
| Milk float | A van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Milk float | A milk float is a small electric vehicle, specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk. They were once common in many European countries, particularly the United Kingdom, and were operated by local dairies. However, in recent years, as the number of supermarkets, small independent grocers and petrol stations stocking fresh milk has increased, most people have switched from regular home delivery to obtaining fresh milk from these other sources. (references) | ||
| Plasterer's float | A hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Prone float | A floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Root beer float | An ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Root beer float | A root beer float is a dessert that consists of root beer and vanilla ice cream. It is usually made by scooping out ice cream into a drink receptacle, and then pouring in root beer. The combination of the two ingredients generates a frothy foam, which often overflows out of the container. The amount of foam can be reduced to a more manageable level if the root beer is poured first, and the ice cream is then gently lowered into it. (references) | ||
| Swimming float | A swimming float is normally used for toddlers or other very young children who are beginning to learn how to swim. These devices, which come in many shapes and types, are used to aid them with buoyancy. (references) | ||
| Valve float | Valve float is a condition which occurs when the valves on an internal combustion engine do not return to the fully closed position under high RPMs due to the inability of the valve springs to overcome the momentum of the valvetrain. Stiffer valve springs can help prevent this but only at the expense of increased friction losses. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: float
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Casing float | Mining | A rubber-ball-type check valve, generally placed near the bottom of a long string of casing. Its use reduces the load imposed on the hoisting mechanism in lowering casing into a wet borehole. Also called casingvalve; float valve. (references) | |
| Cockle(cast and float glass) | Metallurgy | Defective surface of sheet, rolled or toughened glass caused by depressions, small in area and depth, which give the surface a hammered appearance. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Cumulative float curve | Mining | The curve obtained from the result of a float and sink analysis by plotting the cumulative yield at each specific gravity against the meanash of the total floats at that specific gravity. (references) | |
| Dirty float | Banking | A type of floating exchange rate that is not completely freely floating because central banks intervene from time to time to alter the rate from its free-market level. It is still a floating rate because it has not been pegged at a predetermined par value. (references) | |
| Displacement-type float | Mining | A device for measuring the liquid level in sumps or vessels. It consists of a float, whose vertical height is greater than the level range being measured and whose weight is such that it would sink in the fluid if not supported. It is placed in a float chamber and supported in such a way that as the liquid level rises around the displacer float it creates a buoyant force equal to the weight of the liquid displaced. This force is measured, and since it is proportional to level, the force measurement becomes a level measurement. The device is used on sumps containinghigh-gravity slurries. (references) | |
| Drill string float | Mining | A check valve in the drill string that will allow fluid to be pumped into the well but will prevent flow from entering the string. (references) | |
| Federal Reserve Float | Banking | 1: Checkbook money that for a period of time appears on the books of both the payor and payee due to the lag in the collection Process. Federal Reserve float often arises during the Federal Reserve's check collection process. In order to promote an efficient payments mechanism with certainty as to the date funds become available, the Federal Reserve has employed the policy of crediting the reserve accounts of depository institutions depositing checks according to an availability schedule before the Federal Reserve is able to obtain payment from others. (references) | |
| 2: Float is checkbook money that appears on the books of both the check writer (the payor) and the check receiver (the payee) while a check is being processed. Federal Reserve float is float present during the Federal Reserve's check collection process. To promote efficiency in the payments system and provide certainty about the date that deposited funds will become available to the receiving depository institutions (and the payee), the Federal Reserve credits the reserve accounts of banks that deposit checks according to a fixed schedule. However, processing certain checks and collecting funds from the banks on which these checks are written may take more time than the schedule allows. Therefore, the accounts of some banks may be credited before the Federal Reserve is able to collect payment from other banks, resulting in Federal Reserve float. (references) | |||
| 3: Checkbook money that, for a period of time, appears on the books of both the payor and payee due to the lag in the collection process. Federal Reserve float often arises during the Federal Reserve's check collection process. In order to promote an efficient payments mechanism with certainty as to the date funds become available, the Federal Reserve has employed the policy of crediting the reserve accounts of depository institutions depositing checks (the payee) according to an availability schedule before the Federal Reserve is able to obtain payment from the payor. (references) | |||
| Federal Reserve Float | Finance | The effect of float on the U. S. banking system as a whole, i. e. where the overall timing of credits to and claims from banks, arising out of the Federal Reserve's check clearing function, leaves the system either liquid or illiquid. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Float coal | Mining | Small, irregularly shaped isolated deposits of coal imbedded in sandstone or in siltstone. They appear to have been removed from the original bed by washout during the peat stage and to have been carried a short distanceand redeposited. Syn:raft. (references) | |
| Float collar | Mining | A special coupling device inserted one or two joints above the bottom of the casing string that contains a check valve to permit fluid to pass downward but not upward through the casing. The float collar prevents drilling mud from entering the casing while it is being lowered, allowing the casing to float during its descent and thus decreasing the load on the derrick or mat. A float collar also prevents backflow of cement during a cementing operation. (references) | |
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