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Buoyancy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    irrepressible liveliness and good spirit wordnet
  3. 3
    The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the tendency to float in water or other liquid wordnet
  5. 5
    Resilience or cheerfulness. broadly, countable, uncountable

    "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!"

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  1. 6
    the property of something weightless and insubstantial wordnet
  2. 7
    cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface wordnet

Etymology

From buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy.

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