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flotation or floatation Noun the launching or financing of a commercial enterprise by bond or share issues
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The capability of a vehicle to float in water. Translationsflotation [fləuˈteɪʃən] n (of shares) → Auflegung f; (of company) → Umwandlung f in eine Aktiengesellschaft |
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| But I can also make the Nautilus rise and sink, and sink and rise, by a vertical movement by means of two inclined planes fastened to its sides, opposite the centre of flotation, planes that move in every direction, and that are worked by powerful levers from the interior. The illustration of the swimbladder in fishes is a good one, because it shows us clearly the highly important fact that an organ originally constructed for one purpose, namely flotation, may be converted into one for a wholly different purpose, namely respiration. |
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