buoyancy
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buoyancy
- /ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy.
noun buoyancies
- The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
- The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
- Resilience or cheerfulness. With how much lighter a step, with how much brighter an eye, did Francesca wander through the forest, even in the last desolation of autumn, than she did in all the bloom and buoyancy of spring!
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noun physics: upward force on an immersed body
| Español | sustentación hidráulica, impulso para arriba, empuje hacia arriba, sustentación fluídica, sustentamiento hidrodinámica |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 浮力 furyoku |
| 中文 | 浮力 fúlì |
| हिन्दी | उत्प्लावकता utplāvaktā, उत्प्लावन utplāvan |
| Português | impulsão, empuxo |
| Français | poussée d'Archimède, flottabilité |
| Deutsch | Auftrieb |
| Italiano | spinta, spinta statica, forza ascensionale, spinta idrostatica |
| Ελληνικά | άνωση ánosi, άντωση ántosi |
| Русский | подъёмная си́ла podʺjómnaja síla, выта́лкивающая си́ла vytálkivajuščaja síla |
| العربية | طَفْو ṭafw, طُفُوّ ṭufuww |
noun ability to stay afloat
| Español | flotabilidad |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Schwimmfähigkeit |
| Italiano | galleggiabilità |
| Ελληνικά | πλευστότητα plefstótita |
| Русский | плаву́честь plavúčestʹ |
noun resilience or cheerfulness
| Español | optimismo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 回復, 快活 kaikatsu |
| Deutsch | Belastbarkeit, Fröhlichkeit, Heiterkeit |
| Italiano | vivacità, ottimismo |
| Ελληνικά | ανάταση anátasi |
| Русский | жизнера́достность žiznerádostnostʹ, оптими́зм optimízm, позити́вный настро́й pozitívnyj nastrój |
Talk about this word "buoyancy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/buoyancy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. buoyancy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/buoyancy "buoyancy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/buoyancy.
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@misc{buoyancy_2026,
title = {buoyancy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buoyancy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
