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buoyancy
  1. (physics) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
  2. The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
  3. (by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “They are barely in control of themselves, taking turns to float up before dumping all buoyancy and crashing back into the wreck in a cloud of silt and debris.”
      “Logic tells you that you cannot fall and that the buoyancy of the water will support you, but what you feel is the opposite.”
      “Through his letters written at this time, there runs a strain of cheerfulness and buoyancy which is remarkable for one who so longed and wearied for home whenever he was absent from it.”
buoy
  1. (nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
  2. A life-buoy.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “At Carval Rock we tie off to a mooring buoy bolted into the reef at 15m.”
buoyage
  1. (nautical) Any of several codes of practice under which buoys of various shapes and colours are used for the same navigational purpose.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It is also useful to remember that buoyage must be related to an up to date chart.”
      “Take time to study a chart as well as study the buoyage to familiarise yourself with their meaning.”
      “Ask at local marinas, yacht clubs, or bait stores as to the type of buoyage system in use in the area.”
buoyantness
  1. The state or quality of being buoyant.
buoyance
  1. The state or quality of being buoyant
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Veronica Petrillo's typical virgin is ironically similar to her streetwise actor, except for a certain added buoyance.”
      “Her buoyance of spirit is the product of a lifelong struggle, because she really understands melancholy.”
      “He liked the buoyance of glider flying, the nearest approach of man to the bird, and thus far everything was going well.”
buoyances
buoyancies
buoyages
  1. plural of buoyage
buoys
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