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floatation

floatation is the nonstandard spelling of flotation.

Meaning of flotation

Noun

flotation (countable and uncountable, plural flotations)

  1. A state of floating, or being afloat.
  2. The ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow.
  3. (chemical engineering) A process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.
  4. (UK) The launching onto the market of a tranche of stocks or shares, usually a new issue.
    • This week's SpaceX flotation is just the latest sign: we are facing regime change not just in technology, but in finance.2026 June 13, Robert Armstrong, “AI is revolutionising the stock market”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5

Forms of floatation

pluralfloatations

Questions about floatation

What is floatation the nonstandard spelling of?
Floatation is the nonstandard spelling of flotation.

Words near floatation in the dictionary

  1. floatables
  2. floatage
  3. floatages
  4. floatant
  5. floatants
  6. floatation
  7. floatations
  8. floatbase
  9. floatbases
  10. floatboard
  11. floatboards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: floatation (page history and authors); flotation (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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