Found 3 items, similar to Buoyancy.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: buoyancy daya apung
English → English (WordNet) Definition: buoyancy buoyancy n 1: cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface [syn: perkiness] 2: the property of something weightless and insubstantial [syn: airiness] 3: irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; “I admired his bouyancy and persistent good humor” [syn: irrepressibility]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Buoyancy Buoyancy \Buoy"an*cy\, n.; pl. Buoyancies. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physics) 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. [1913 Webster] Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of her majesty's ships. --Eng. Cyc. [1913 Webster] 3. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits. [1913 Webster]