Float

Float

Float or floating may refer to the following:

Float

* Float (fishing), a bite indicator used in angling
* Float, a Cascading Style Sheets attribute.
* Float (parade), a decorated vehicle or platform, animal- or man-drawn or motorized, used in a festive parade
* Float (money supply), in economics, makes up the smallest part of the money supply
* Float (project management), project time management device
* Float (finance); the free float of a public company is an estimate of proportion of shares
* Float (breakdance move), a balance-intensive breakdance move
* "Float" (Aesop Rock album), a 2000 album by rapper Aesop Rock
* "Float" (Flogging Molly album), a 2008 album by Irish punk band Flogging Molly
* "Float", a song by The Music from their 2003 album "The Music"
* Valve float, part of an internal combustion engine
* Milk float, a small battery electric vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk
* Root beer float, ice cream and root beer served together in one container
* Planemaker's Float, a rasp-like woodworking tool having a series of sharp parallel cutting teeth.
* Pontoon (boat), an air-filled vessel such as a boat or ship floats on water, sometimes known as a float
* IEEE 754, standard for representing floating point numbers in computer science, commonly known as float

Floating

* Buoyancy
* Floating (psychological phenomenon), slipping into altered states
* Dampening, the guitar technique of sustaining a chord rather than scratching, also known as "floating"
* Floating currency, a currency that uses a floating exchange rate as its exchange rate regime
* Floating exchange rate, a type of exchange rate regime wherein a currency's value is allowed to fluctuate according to the foreign exchange market
* Floating (dance), a group of footwork-oriented dance techniques closely related to popping
* Floating point, a datatype in computer science
* Floating, in electronics, being electrically disconnected from a power source, for example, a floating-gate transistor has a gate element insulated from its electrodes
* Floating, in computer typesetting environments such as HTML, wikitext, or desktop publishing, describes the alignment of an element to the left or right while text wraps around it
* Floating (album), the third album by the German progressive rock band Eloy
* Isolation tank use is often referred to as "floating".


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  • Float — (fl[=o]t), n.[OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. flota ship, fr. fle[ o]tan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G. floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. [root] 84. See {Fleet}, v. i., and cf. {Flotilla}, {Flotsam}, {Plover}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • float — float·abil·i·ty; float·able; float; float·less; float·o·blast; float·sam; float·stone; re·float; float·er; float·a·tive; float·ing·ly; …   English syllables

  • Float — [floʊt ], der; s, s [engl. float, eigtl. = das Fließen, Fluss, zu: to float ↑ floaten] (Bankw.): Summe der von Konten abgebuchten, aber noch nicht gutgeschriebenen Zahlungen im bargeldlosen Zahlungsverkehr. * * * I Float,   Kurzbezeichnung für… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Float On — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Float On» Sencillo de Modest Mouse del álbum Good News for People Who Love Bad News Publicación 14 de febrero, 2004 Formato CD …   Wikipedia Español

  • float — 1 n 1: an amount of money represented by checks outstanding and in process of collection 2: the time between a transaction (as the writing of a check or a purchase on credit) and the actual withdrawal of funds to cover it float 2 vi of a currency …   Law dictionary

  • Float — Float, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Floated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Floating}.] [OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float, swim, fr. fle[ o]tan. See {Float}, n.] 1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up. [1913 Webster] The ark no… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • float — ► VERB 1) rest on the surface of a liquid without sinking. 2) move slowly, hover, or be suspended in a liquid or the air. 3) put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions. 4) (usu. as adj. floating) remain unsettled in one s opinions …   English terms dictionary

  • float|y — «FLOH tee», adjective, float|i|er, float|i|est. 1. that can float; buoyant. 2. (of a ship) needing very little water to float …   Useful english dictionary

  • Float — Float, v. t. 1. To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. [1913 Webster] Had floated that bell on the Inchcape rock. Southey. [1913 Webster] 2. To flood; to overflow; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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