float·ing (fl  t ng)adj. 1. Buoyed on or suspended in or as if in a fluid. 2. Not secured in place; unattached. 3. Inclined to move or be moved about: a floating meeting; floating crap games. 4. Economics a. Available for use; in circulation. Used of capital. b. Short-term and usually unfunded. Used of a debt. 5. Designed or constructed to operate smoothly and without vibration. 6. Of or relating to an organ of the body that is movable or out of normal position: a floating kidney. |
floating [ˈfləʊtɪŋ]
adj
1. having little or no attachment
2. (Medicine / Pathology) (of an organ or part) displaced from the normal position or abnormally movable a floating kidney
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) not definitely attached to one place or policy; uncommitted or unfixed the floating vote
4. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) Finance
a. (of capital) not allocated or invested; available for current use
b. (of debt) short-term and unfunded, usually raised by a government or company to meet current expenses
c. (of a currency) free to fluctuate against other currencies in accordance with market forces
5. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Machinery operating smoothly through being free from external constraints
6. (Electronics) (of an electronic circuit or device) not connected to a source of voltage
floatingly adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  floating - the act of someone who floats on the waterswim, swimming - the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool" dead-man's float, prone float - a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward |
| Adj. | 1. | floating - borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed" afloat - borne on the water; floating |
| 2. |  floating - continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle" | |
| 3. | floating - inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game" mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator" | |
| 4. | floating - (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney" unfixed - not firmly placed or set or fastened | |
| 5. | floating - not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters" uncommitted - not bound or pledged |
floating
adjective
2. uncommitted, wavering, undecided, indecisive, vacillating, sitting on the fence (informal), unaffiliated, independent floating voters appear to have deserted the party
3. free, wandering, variable, fluctuating, unattached, migratory, movable, unfixed a house I shared with a floating population of others
Translations
floating
floating:
adj
(fig) population → wandernd
(Math, Comput) → Gleit-; floating accent (Comput) → fliegender Akzent; floating point (Comput), → Fließ- or Gleitkomma nt
(Med) kidney → Wander-; rib → frei
floating:
floating bridge
n → Schiffsbrücke f
floating capital
n → Umlauf- or Betriebskapital nt
floating debt
n → schwebende Schuld
floating dock
n → Schwimmdock nt
floating ice
n → Treibeis nt
floating light
floating voter
n (fig) → Wechselwähler m
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