Astronauts prepare for spacewalks by practicing their tasks underwater in a giant pool called NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.
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Buoyancy
Synonyms for "buoyancy" (71 found)
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Related words (35)
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13 entriesTranslations
82 translations across 34 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- dryfvermoë noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- dryfvermoë noun (ability to stay afloat)
Arabic
2 entries- طَفْو noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- طُفُوّ noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Bulgarian
2 entries- плаваемост noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- плаваемост noun (ability to stay afloat)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 浮力 noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Czech
1 entries- vztlak noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Danish
1 entries- opdrift noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Dutch
4 entries- drijfvermogen noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- drijfvermogen noun (ability to stay afloat)
- hilariteit noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- opwaartse kracht noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Finnish
4 entries- hilpeys noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- kelluvuus noun (ability to stay afloat)
- noste noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- palautuvuus noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
French
2 entries- flottabilité noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- poussée d'Archimède noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Georgian
3 entries- ამომგდები ძალა noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- ამწევი ძალა noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- ტივტივადობა noun (ability to stay afloat)
German
4 entries- Auftrieb noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- Belastbarkeit noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- Fröhlichkeit noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- Heiterkeit noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
Greek
4 entries- άντωση noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- άνωση noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- ανάταση noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- πλευστότητα noun (ability to stay afloat)
Hindi
2 entries- उत्प्लावकता noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- उत्प्लावन noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Hungarian
1 entries- felhajtóerő noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Ido
1 entries- flotacemeso noun (ability to stay afloat)
Irish
2 entries- buacacht noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- buacacht noun (ability to stay afloat)
Italian
4 entries- forza ascensionale noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- galleggiabilità noun (ability to stay afloat)
- ottimismo noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- spinta noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Japanese
3 entries- 回復 noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- 快活 noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- 浮力 noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Latin
3 entries- anosa noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- antosa noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- buoyancia noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Macedonian
2 entries- пловност noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- пловност noun (ability to stay afloat)
Manx
1 entries- so-lhoobaght noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
Māori
1 entries- pūrewatanga noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- flyteevne noun (ability to stay afloat)
- oppdrift noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- oppdrift noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Polish
1 entries- siła wyporu noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Portuguese
2 entries- empuxo noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- impulsão noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Russian
4 entries- выта́лкивающая си́ла noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- жизнера́достность noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- оптими́зм noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
- плаву́честь noun (ability to stay afloat)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- plovnost noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Spanish
4 entries- empuje hacia arriba noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- flotabilidad noun (ability to stay afloat)
- impulso para arriba noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
- optimismo noun (resilience or cheerfulness)
Swedish
2 entries- flytförmåga noun (ability to stay afloat)
- lyftkraft noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Thai
1 entries- แรงลอยตัว noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Turkish
2 entries- batmazlık noun (ability to stay afloat)
- kaldırma kuvveti noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пла́вність noun (ability to stay afloat)
Welsh
1 entries- hynofedd noun (physics: upward force on an immersed body)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Many species of fish use an organ called the swim bladder, which is filled with gas, to adjust their buoyancy.
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That won't impact the buoyancy?
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The buoyancy, vivacity, energy, enthusiasm and ambition ordinarily associated with youth can be maintained through middle age and in some cases even to old age.
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