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floating

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float·ing  (fltng)
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
Noun1.floatingfloating - the act of someone who floats on the water
swim, 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.floatingfloating - 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
1. buoyant, drifting, buoyed, resting on water Firefighters are unable to use floating booms.
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 [ˈfləʊtɪŋ] ADJ [object, assets, currency, debt, dock] → flotante (Brit) [voter] → indeciso
the floating voteel voto de los indecisos
floating [ˈfləʊtɪŋ] adjflottant(e)
floating voter n (British)électeur/trice m/f indécis(e)
float plane n (US) (= seaplane) → hydravion m
floating
adj
raft, logstreibend; floating hotel/restaurantschwimmendes Hotel/Restaurant
(fig) populationwandernd
(Fin) currencyfreigegeben; floating exchange ratefloatender or frei schwankender Wechselkurs
(Math, Comput) → Gleit-; floating accent (Comput) → fliegender Akzent; floating point (Comput), → Fließ- or Gleitkomma nt
(Med) kidneyWander-; ribfrei
n (of currency) → Freigabe f, → Floating nt

floating:
floating bridge
nSchiffsbrücke f
floating capital
floating debt
floating dock
nSchwimmdock nt
floating ice
nTreibeis nt
floating light
n (= ship)Leuchtschiff nt; (= buoy)Leuchtboje f
floating voter
n (fig)Wechselwähler m
floating [ˈfləʊtɪŋ] adja galla
floating [ˈfləʊtɪŋ] adja galla


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The child released its hold on the mother's hand, and floating slowly upward, remained poised in midair--a softly glowing presence shining out of the dark background of the trees.
The theory of the floating island, and the unapproachable sandbank, supported by minds little competent to form a judgment, was abandoned.
And presently she saw it, a long way off, floating on the water like a toy-boat.
 
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