Buoyancy

Definition of Buoyancy

Buoy´an`cy

n.	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.
	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. Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of her majesty's ships. - Eng. Cyc.
	3.	Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; - the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.

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