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flotation 音標拼音: [flot'eʃən] n. 漂浮;開創;發行;募集 漂浮;開創;發行;募集 flotation n 1: the phenomenon of floating ( remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) [ synonym: { flotation}, { floatation}] 2: financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares [ synonym: { flotation}, { floatation}] Flotation \ Flo* ta" tion\, n. [ Cf. F. flottation a floating, flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See { Flotilla}.] 1. The act, process, or state of floating. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The science of floating bodies. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Com. & Finance) Act of financing, or floating, a commercial venture or an issue of bonds, stock, or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Center of flotation}. ( Shipbuilding) ( a) The center of any given plane of flotation. ( b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. -- Rankine. { Plane of flotation}, or { Line of flotation}, the plane or line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it. See { Bearing}, n., 9 ( c) . { Surface of flotation} ( Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes. [ 1913 Webster] 22 Moby Thesaurus words for " flotation": coming out, curtain raiser, debut, embarkation, embarkment, first appearance, floating, inaugural address, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, installment, introduction, issuance, issue, launching, maiden speech, opener, preliminary, stock issue, unveiling
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