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• This destroyed what little reserve buoyancy the ship had, and the acute down-angle returned.1984, Tom Clancy, “The Eighth Day: Friday, 10 December”, in The Hunt for Red October, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, →ISBN…. From the entry vent
• The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with life and buoyancy.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi]…. From the entry consciousness
• This ability to continuously add new buoyancy chambers to their phragmocones allowed ancient cephalopods to reach truly stupendous sizes.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry phragmocone
• It's the nature of founderings that ships have buoyancy and are afloat one second, then lose buoyancy and sink the next.2004, Mark L. Thompson, Graveyard of the Lakes. From the entry foundering
• To say that the lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere suggests a degree of easy buoyancy that isn't quite right.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 192. From the entry asthenosphere
• If stowed in MBTs, solid ballast will reduce the blowable volume and so affect the reserve of buoyancy.1995, Roy Burcher, Louis J. Rydill, Concepts in Submarine Design. From the entry blowable
• Despite their tiny size, statocysts encode significant information about an animal's buoyancy and swimming ability, as we know from studying statocyst variability among modern cephalopods.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry statocyst
• When the buoyancy destabilizes the flow, it alters the electroconvective patterns by introducing upward and downward fingers of respectively light and heavy fluid.2016, Elif Karatay, Matthias Wessling, Ali Mani, “On the coupling between buoyancy forces and electroconvective instability near…. From the entry destabilize
• When the buoyancy destabilizes the flow, it alters the electroconvective patterns by introducing upward and downward fingers of respectively light and heavy fluid..2016, Elif Karatay, Matthias Wessling, Ali Mani, “On the coupling between buoyancy forces and electroconvective instability near…. From the entry electroconvective
• A ship's metacenter (M) is the virtual intersection of two successive lines of action of the force of buoyancy when the ship heels through a very small angle.2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12 Stability Information - 1.12.1 Concepts”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking…. From the entry metacentre
• Eight hard points are provided with landing pads, and these extend below the bottom of the buoyancy tank and protect the undercraft structure from local projections on the ground.1962, The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-builder, page 525. From the entry undercraft
• He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters.1997, Pete McDonald, Climbing Lessons: Inside Outdoor Education, page 40. From the entry dumbbell

Meaning of buoyancy

1. noun The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
2. noun The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
3. noun Resilience or cheerfulness.

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Questions about buoyancy in a sentence

How do you use buoyancy in a sentence?

Buoyancy is used as a noun. For example: “This destroyed what little reserve buoyancy the ship had, and the acute down-angle returned.”

What is a short sentence with buoyancy?

“The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with life and buoyancy.”

What does buoyancy mean?

Buoyancy means the upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.