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buoyancies

buoyancies is the plural of buoyancy.

Meaning of buoyancy

Noun

buoyancy (countable and uncountable, plural buoyancies)

  1. The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
  2. The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
  3. (broadly, figuratively) Resilience or cheerfulness.
    • With how much lighter a step, with how much brighter an eye, did Francesca wander through the forest, even in the last desolation of autumn, than she did in all the bloom and buoyancy of spring!1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 82

Questions about buoyancies

What is buoyancies the plural of?
Buoyancies is the plural of buoyancy.

Words near buoyancies in the dictionary

  1. buoy up
  2. buoyage
  3. buoyages
  4. buoyance
  5. buoyances
  6. buoyancies
  7. buoyancy
  8. buoyancy aid
  9. buoyancy aids
  10. buoyancy tank
  11. buoyancy tanks

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