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semibuoyant

semibuoyant adjective: partially buoyant.

Adjective

semibuoyant (not comparable)

  1. Partially buoyant.
    • Comb the Manhattan waterfront and you will find, along with the usual windrows of cups, bottles and plastic bags, what the E.P.A. calls “floatables,” those “visible buoyant or semibuoyant solids” that people flush into the waste stream like cotton swabs, condoms, tampon applicators and dental floss.2008 June 22, Donovan Hohn, “Sea of Trash”, in New York Times

Origin of semibuoyant

From semi- + buoyant.

Questions about semibuoyant

What does semibuoyant mean?
Semibuoyant means partially buoyant.
What part of speech is semibuoyant?
Semibuoyant is an adjective.

Words near semibuoyant in the dictionary

  1. semibrief
  2. semibriefs
  3. semibulk
  4. semibullvalene
  5. semibullvalenes
  6. semibuoyant
  7. semiburrowing
  8. semibusy
  9. semic
  10. semicalcareous
  11. semicalcined

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