Crossword-Solution: BUOYANCY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Buoyancy | 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. |
| Buoyancy | 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. |
| Buoyancy | n. | Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with BUOYANCY (5)
The swifter craft are seldom equipped with large buoyancy tanks, since the added bulk of them tends to reduce a vessel’s speed.
The black’s next shot was more accurate, striking my flier full upon the prow and exploding with the instant of contact, ripping wide open the bow buoyancy tanks and disabling the engine.
With our buoyancy generators in commission it would have been a simple thing to enter the water, since then it would have been but a trifling matter of a forty-five degree dive into the base of a huge wave.
Den we knows we is right." Now how changed is all at Snow Hill, and how it is gradually changing each year! Instead of the hopelessness and dejection that were there a few years ago, there are now light and buoyancy in the countenances and movements of the people.
Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; Ð the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
Quotes with BUOYANCY (3)
Hope is like sunshine, which is still there, shielded by clouds Hope is that light, which beckons to brighten our days The breezy buoyancy of hope stirs us to hold hands The darkest of clouds disintegrate, says Mother Nature.
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible …
... truth has a certain buoyancy - it makes its way to the surface, in time.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: USA TODAY.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2000–2019).