Flotation

//floʊˈteɪʃən//

Synonyms for "flotation" (23 found)

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Translations

23 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • флотация noun (process of separating minerals)

Catalan

2 entries
  • flotació noun (a state of floating)
  • flotació noun (process of separating minerals)

Finnish

3 entries
  • flotaatio noun (process of separating minerals)
  • kellunta noun (a state of floating)
  • vaahdotus noun (process of separating minerals)

French

2 entries
  • flottaison noun (a state of floating)
  • flottation noun (process of separating minerals)

German

2 entries
  • Flotation noun (process of separating minerals)
  • das Schwimmen (z. B. Fahrzeug) noun (a state of floating)

Italian

1 entries
  • flottazione noun (process of separating minerals)

Polish

1 entries
  • flotacja noun (process of separating minerals)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • flotação noun (process of separating minerals)
  • flutuação noun (a state of floating)

Romanian

1 entries
  • flotație noun (process of separating minerals)

Russian

1 entries
  • флота́ция noun (process of separating minerals)

Spanish

4 entries
  • flotación noun (a state of floating)
  • flotación noun (process of separating minerals)
  • flotadura noun (a state of floating)
  • flotamiento noun (a state of floating)

Turkish

2 entries
  • flotasyon noun (process of separating minerals)
  • yüzdürme noun (process of separating minerals)

Sample sentences

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Gordo, a squirrel monkey, was catapulted 600 miles high in a Jupiter rocket, also on December 13, 1958, one year after the Soviets launched Laika. Gordo's capsule was never found in the Atlantic Ocean. He died on splashdown when a flotation mechanism failed, but Navy doctors said signals on his respiration and heartbeat proved humans could withstand a similar trip.

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A life jacket is one type of flotation device.

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The flotation device kept Tom safely above water.

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