Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.

    Auftrieb

    подъёмная си́лаpodʺjómnaja síla, выта́лкивающая си́лаvytálkivajuščaja síla

  2. (countable, uncountable)The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.

    Schwimmfähigkeit

    плаву́честьplavúčestʹ

    пла́вністьplávnistʹ

  3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Resilience or cheerfulness.

    Belastbarkeit, Fröhlichkeit, Heiterkeit

    жизнера́достностьžiznerádostnostʹ, оптими́змoptimízm, позити́вный настро́йpozitívnyj nastrój

    cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

Examples

4 sentences
  1. A body with negative buoyancy will sink in water.

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  2. That won't impact the buoyancy?

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  3. Many species of fish use an organ called the swim bladder, which is filled with gas, to adjust their buoyancy.

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  4. Astronauts prepare for spacewalks by practicing their tasks underwater in a giant pool called NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ability to stay afloat:
Русский
By meaning 3
physics: upward force on an immersed body:
ability to stay afloat:
resilience or cheerfulness:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
physics: upward force on an immersed body:
ability to stay afloat:
resilience or cheerfulness:

Origin

From buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy.

From buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy.

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Forms

plural: buoyancies
Singularbuoyancy
Pluralbuoyancies

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface:perkiness
  • irrepressible liveliness and good spirit:irrepressibility
  • the property of something weightless and insubstantial:airiness

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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