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The definition of floating is something that is buoyed up by water or air, or something that can fluctuate and change.
(adjective)- A raft that is supported by water and that remains on the surface of the swimming pool is an example of something that is floating.
- A variable interest rate on your mortgage is an example of a floating rate.
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See floating in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- that floats
- not fixed; not remaining in one place; moving about
- Finance
- designating an unfunded, short-term debt resulting from current operations and having no specified date for repayment
- not permanently invested; available for current expenses: floating capital
- Mech. designating or of parts, as in a suspension, that reduce force or vibration
- Med. displaced from the normal position and moving more freely: a floating kidney
See floating in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Buoyed on or suspended in or as if in a fluid.
- Not secured in place; unattached.
- Inclined to move or be moved about: a floating meeting; floating crap games.
- Economics a. Available for use; in circulation. Used of capital.b. Short-term and usually unfunded. Used of a debt.
- Designed or constructed to operate smoothly and without vibration.
- Of or relating to an organ of the body that is movable or out of normal position: a floating kidney.
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