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floatation Definition

floata·tion (flō tās̸hən)

noun

floatation Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • dissolve: The factory discharges its effluent to sewer following partial treatment using dissolved air floatation ( DAF ) technology and high rate filtration.
  • enable: Poplar seeds are embedded in a cotton-like matrix that enables floatation on wind and water.
  • plan: Soft drinks group Britvic, owned by InterContinental Hotels, Whitbread and Pernod Ricard, is planning a floatation next month.

Adjective modifier

  • public: Google bought a 2.6 per cent share in the company June 2004, shortly before its own public floatation.
  • successful: It also heralds a successful floatation of its petrochemical firm, Innovene that was segregated into an independent company in April.

Modifies a noun

  • tank: Your floatation tank is in a private room which also has a power shower.
  • device: We always leave a floatation device for animals which slip into the water at night.
  • aid: He says your body is one big natural floatation aid.
  • suit: Never fish alone and wear a buoyancy aid such as a floatation suit.
  • session: Feel your tension drift away with this floatation therapy session.
  • therapy: Feel your tension drift away with this floatation therapy session.

Noun used with modifier

  • share: Share Floatation With the increasing popularity of shared ownership and time share boating I have looked around to see what the web can offer.
  • pipeline: A second, less well publicized, area of concern is that of pipeline floatation.
  • air: The factory discharges its effluent to sewer following partial treatment using dissolved air floatation ( DAF ) technology and high rate filtration.