buoyancy
UK/ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/
buoyancy noun: the upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
Noun
buoyancy (countable and uncountable, plural buoyancies)
- The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
- The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
- 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
buoyancy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
buoyancy in Hindi
- physics: upward force on an immersed body
- उत्प्लावकता utplāvaktā, उत्प्लावन utplāvan
buoyancy in Tamil
- மிதக்கும் தன்மை, மிதப்பதற்குத் தேவையான சக்தி, மிகுந்த மகிழ்ச்சியான மனம், துக்கமான மனநிலையிலிருந்து மீளும் திறன்
buoyancy in Malayalam
- പ്ലവക്ഷമത, പ്ലവനശക്തി, ഉന്മേഷം
buoyancy in Kannada
- ತೇಲಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿ, ಪ್ಲಾವಕತೆ, ತೇಲಗಸುವು, ಷೇರು ಬೆಲೆಗಳ ಏರಿಕೆ, ಉಲ್ಲಾಸ, ಉತ್ಸಾಹ
More languagesFewer languages
- buoyancy in Arabic
- طَفْو ṭafw, طُفُوّ ṭufuww
- buoyancy in Thai
- แรงลอยตัว rɛɛng-lɔɔi-dtuua
Examples of buoyancy in a sentence
- This destroyed what little reserve buoyancy the ship had, and the acute down-angle returned.
- The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with life and buoyancy.
- This ability to continuously add new buoyancy chambers to their phragmocones allowed ancient cephalopods to reach truly stupendous sizes.
Forms of buoyancy
| plural | buoyancies |
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Origin of buoyancy
From buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy.
Words formed from buoyancy
Phrases with buoyancy
Questions about buoyancy
- What does buoyancy mean?
- Buoyancy means the upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
- What is buoyancy in Hindi?
- Buoyancy in Hindi is उत्प्लावकता (utplāvaktā), उत्प्लावन (utplāvan). See Buoyancy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is buoyancy?
- Buoyancy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce buoyancy?
- Buoyancy is pronounced /ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/ (UK).
- What is the plural of buoyancy?
- The plural of buoyancy is buoyancies.
Words near buoyancy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: buoyancy (page history and authors); buoyancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); buoyancy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); buoyancy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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