English-Thai Dictionary

floating

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ อยู่กับที่  ซึ่ง เคลื่อนไหว ได้  ที่ แกว่ง ไปมา  movable fluctuating free sueng-mai-yu-kab-ti

 

floating

ADJ ที่ ลอย อยู่ บน น้ำ  buoyant afloat ti-loi-yu-bon-nam

 

floatingly

ADV อย่าง ล่องลอย 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLOATING

ppr. 1. Swimming; conveying on water; overflowing.
2. Lying flat on the surface of the water; as a floating leaf.

 

FLOATING-BRIDGE

n. 1. In the United States, a bridge, consisting of logs or timber with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water.
2. In war, a kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys, used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLOATING

FLOATING Float "ing, a.

 

1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.

 

2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.

 

3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt. Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been withdrawn in great masses from the island. Macaulay. Floating anchor (Naut. ), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail. -- Floating battery (Mil. ), a battery erected on rafts or the hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the bombardment of a place. -- Floating bridge. (a ) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau bridge. See Bateau. (b ) (Mil. ) A kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys;-- used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort. (c ) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by means of chains which are anchored on each side of a stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels being driven by stream power. (d ) The landing platform of a ferry dock. -- Floating cartilage (Med. ), a cartilage which moves freely in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the functions of the latter. -- Floating dam. (a ) An anchored dam. (b ) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock. -- Floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor improvements, etc. -- Floating dock. (Naut. ) See under Dock. -- Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships riding at anchor to leeward. Knight. -- Floating heart (Bot. ), a small aquatic plant (Limnanthemum lacunosum ) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water of American ponds. -- Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs. -- Floating kidney. (Med. ) See Wandering kidney, under Wandering. -- Floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc. , to warn mariners of danger; a light- ship; also, a light erected on a buoy or floating stage. -- Floating liver. (Med. ) See Wandering liver, under Wandering. -- Floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and falls with the tide. -- Floating ribs (Anat. ), the lower or posterior ribs which are not connected with the others in front; in man they are the last two pairs. -- Floating screed (Plastering ), a strip of plastering first laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the coat. -- Floating threads (Weaving ), threads which span several other threads without being interwoven with them, in a woven fabric.

 

FLOATING

FLOATING Float "ing, n.

 

1. (Weaving )

 

Defn: Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.

 

2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. Knight.

 

FLOATING CHARGE; FLOATING LIEN

FLOATING CHARGE; FLOATING LIEN Floating charge, lien, etc. (Law )

 

Defn: A charge, lien, etc. , that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or lien existed.

 

FLOATINGLY

FLOATINGLY Float "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a floating manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

floating

float ing |ˈflōtiNG ˈfloʊdɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 buoyant or suspended in water or air: a massive floating platform. 2 not settled in a definite place; fluctuating or variable: the floating population that is migrating to the cities.

 

floating charge

float |ing charge ▶noun a liability to a creditor which relates to the company's assets as a whole and may become fixed in particular circumstances (such as liquidation ). Compare with fixed charge.

 

floating cloche

float |ing cloche ▶noun a lightweight material (such as polypropylene film ) placed over growing plants to protect them, unsupported except by the plants themselves.

 

floating debt

float ing debt ▶noun a debt that is repayable in the short term. Compare with funded debt.

 

floating dock

float ing dock ▶noun a submersible floating structure used as a dry dock.

 

floating kidney

float ing kid ney ▶noun a condition in which the kidneys are abnormally movable. • such a kidney.

 

floating-point

float ing-point ▶adjective Computing denoting a mode of representing numbers as two sequences of bits, one representing the digits in the number and the other an exponent that determines the position of the radix point: speeds of more than one million floating-point operations per second. Often contrasted with fixed point (adjective ).

 

floating rib

float ing rib |ˈfloʊdɪŋ rɪb | ▶noun any of the lower ribs that are not attached directly to the breastbone. Also called false rib.

 

floating voter

float |ing voter ▶noun Brit. a person who has not decided which way to vote in an election, or one who does not consistently vote for the same political party.

 

Oxford Dictionary

floating

float |ing |ˈfləʊtɪŋ | ▶adjective 1 buoyant or suspended in water or air: a floating platform. 2 not settled permanently; fluctuating or variable: floating exchange rates.

 

floating charge

float |ing charge ▶noun a liability to a creditor which relates to the company's assets as a whole and may become fixed in particular circumstances (such as liquidation ). Compare with fixed charge.

 

floating cloche

float |ing cloche ▶noun a lightweight material (such as polypropylene film ) placed over growing plants to protect them, unsupported except by the plants themselves.

 

floating debt

float |ing debt ▶noun a debt which is repayable in the short term. Compare with funded debt.

 

floating dock

float |ing dock ▶noun a floating structure used as a dry dock.

 

floating kidney

float |ing kid ¦ney ▶noun [ mass noun ] a condition in which the kidneys are abnormally movable.

 

floating-point

floating-point ▶noun [ as modifier ] Computing denoting a mode of representing numbers as two sequences of bits, one representing the digits in the number and the other an exponent which determines the position of the radix point. Often contrasted with fixed point ( sense 2 ).

 

floating rib

float |ing rib ▶noun any of the lower ribs which are not attached directly to the breastbone. Also called false rib.

 

floating voter

float |ing voter ▶noun Brit. a person who has not decided which way to vote in an election, or one who does not consistently vote for the same political party.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

floating

floating adjective 1 floating seaweed: buoyant, on the surface, afloat, drifting. ANTONYMS sunken. 2 floating helium balloons: hovering, levitating, suspended, hanging, defying gravity. ANTONYMS grounded. 3 floating voters: uncommitted, undecided, of two minds, torn, split, uncertain, unsure, wavering, vacillating, indecisive, blowing hot and cold, undeclared; informal sitting on the fence. ANTONYMS committed. 4 a floating population: unsettled, transient, temporary, variable, fluctuating; migrant, wandering, nomadic, on the move, migratory, traveling, drifting, roving, roaming, itinerant, vagabond. ANTONYMS settled. 5 a floating exchange rate: variable, changeable, changing, fluid, fluctuating. ANTONYMS fixed.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

floating

floating adjective 1 a floating piece of seaweed: buoyant, buoyed up, non-submerged, on the surface, above water, afloat, drifting. ANTONYMS sunken. 2 floating gas balloons: hovering, levitating, suspended, hanging, defying gravity. ANTONYMS grounded. 3 floating voters: uncommitted, undecided, in two minds, torn, split, uncertain, unsure, wavering, vacillating, indecisive, in a quandary, in a dilemma, in doubt; non-partisan, non-aligned, unaffiliated, unattached, neutral, impartial, independent, undeclared; informal iffy, blowing hot and cold, sitting on the fence. ANTONYMS committed. 4 a floating population: unsettled, not settled, not fixed, transient, temporary, variable, fluctuating; migrant, wandering, nomadic, moving, on the move, migratory, travelling, drifting, roving, roaming, itinerant, gypsy, vagrant, vagabond. ANTONYMS settled. 5 a floating currency exchange rate: variable, changeable, changing, fluid, fluctuating, free, not fixed; informal up and down. ANTONYMS fixed.

 

Duden Dictionary

Floating

Floa ting Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈfloʊtɪŋ |das Floating; Genitiv: des Floatings englisch floating = das Freigeben 1 Wirtschaft durch Freigabe des Wechselkurses eingeleitetes Schwanken des Außenwertes einer Währung in einem System fester Wechselkurse 2 das Floaten 2

 

Floating-Line

Floa ting-Line, Floa ting line Substantiv, feminin , die Floatingline |…laɪn …laɪn |die Floating-Line; Genitiv: der Floating-Line, Plural: die Floating-Lines die Floatingline; Genitiv: der Floatingline, Plural: die Floatinglines englisch untere Sicherheitsgrenze beim Floating, die für die Stabilität der einzelnen Währung einzuhalten ist

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

floating

fl ó at ing 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 (水上に )浮かんでいる, 浮遊している ; 浮動的な, 変動する .2 〘医 〙(正常な位置から )遊走した 〈臓器 骨など 〉.3 〘経 〙流動する .名詞 U 浮遊タンクにつかること .～̀ br í dge 浮き橋 .～̀ d ó ck 浮きドック .～̀ exch à nge r á te s ỳ stem 変動為替相場制 .～̀ popul á tion 浮動人口 .～́ v ò ter ｟英 ｠浮動投票 [有権 ]者 .