English-Thai Dictionary

flotation

N การ ขาย หุ้น บริษัท ให้ กับ สาธาณ ชน  kan-kai-hun-bo-ri-sad-hai-kab-sa-ta-ra-na-chon

 

flotation

N การ ลอย อยู่ ใน น้ำ  kan-loi-yu-nai-nam

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLOTATION

Flo *ta "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flottation a floating, flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See Flotilla. ]

 

1. The act, process, or state of floating.

 

2. The science of floating bodies. Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding ) (a ) The center of any given plane of flotation. (b ) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. Rankine. -- Plane, or Line, of flotation, the plane or line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it. See Bearing, n., 9 (c ). -- Surface of flotation (Shipbuilding ), the imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.

 

FLOTATION PROCESS

FLOTATION PROCESS Flotation process.

 

Defn: A process of separating the substances contained in pulverized ore or the like by depositing the mixture on the surface of a flowing liquid, the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking, the others flowing off in a film or slime on the surface, though, perhaps, having a greater specific gravity than those that sink.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flotation

flo ta tion |flōˈtāSHən floʊˈteɪʃən |(also floatation ) ▶noun the action of floating in a liquid or gas: the body form is modified to assist in flotation and propulsion. • the process of offering a company's shares for sale on the stock market for the first time. • the process of separating small particles of various materials by treatment with chemicals in water in order to make some particles adhere to air bubbles and rise to the surface for removal while others remain in the water. • the capacity to float; buoyancy. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: alteration of floatation (from float ) on the pattern of French flottaison. The spelling flot- was influenced by flotilla .

 

flotation tank

flo ta tion tank |floʊˈteɪʃən tæŋk | ▶noun a lightproof, soundproof tank of salt water in which a person floats as a form of deep relaxation.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flotation

flotation |fləʊˈteɪʃ (ə )n |(also floatation ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action of floating in a liquid or gas: the body form is modified to assist in flotation. • the separation of small particles of a solid by their different capacities to float. • the capacity to float; buoyancy. 2 the process of offering a company's shares for sale on the stock market for the first time. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: alteration of floatation (from float ) on the pattern of French flottaison. The spelling flot- was influenced by flotilla .

 

flotation tank

flo |ta ¦tion tank ▶noun a lightproof, soundproof tank of salt water in which a person floats as a form of deep relaxation.

 

Duden Dictionary

Flotation

Flo ta ti on Substantiv, feminin Technik, besonders Hüttenwesen , die |Flotati o n |englisch flo (a )tation, zu: to float = schwimmen (lassen )Aufbereitung, Sortierung von [mineralischen ] Stoffgemischen durch Feinstverteilung in Wasser und Beigabe schäumender Chemikalien, die bestimmte Bestandteile an Gasblasen angelagert nach oben treiben

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flotation

flo ta tion ｟英 ｠floa -/floʊtéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 U C 1 ｟英 ｠(会社の )株式公募売り出し [新規公開 ](｟米 ｠IPO ); (債券の )発行 .2 浮揚 ▸ flotation chamber [compartment ]フロート 〘ガスや空気を詰めた浮き 〙～́ t à nk 浮遊タンク 〘暗室に設置したストレス解消または治療用の温塩水タンク 〙.