buoyancy

buoyancy has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.
• n.. The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced.
• n.. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
• n.. irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor"
• n.. the tendency to float in water or other liquid
• n.. the property of something weightless and insubstantial
• n.. cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface