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    FLOATATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock sharesplay

    Synonyms:

    floatation; flotation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("floatation" is a kind of...):

    finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)play

    Synonyms:

    floatation; flotation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    Hypernyms ("floatation" is a kind of...):

    physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

    Derivation:

    float (put into the water)

    float (set afloat)

    float (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)

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