'Buoyancy' definitions:
Definition of 'buoyancy'
(from WordNet)
noun
Cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface [syn: buoyancy, perkiness]
noun
The property of something weightless and insubstantial [syn: airiness, buoyancy]
noun
The tendency to float in water or other liquid
noun
Irrepressible liveliness and good spirit; "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor" [syn: irrepressibility, buoyancy]
Definition of 'Buoyancy'
From: GCIDE
- Buoyancy \Buoy"an*cy\, n.; pl. Buoyancies.
- 1. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physics) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced. [1913 Webster]
- Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of her majesty's ships. --Eng. Cyc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'buoyancy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptability,
- airiness,
- ascent,
- bounce,
- bounciness,
- breeziness,
- bubbliness,
- buoyance,
- carefreeness,
- chirpiness,
- daintiness,
- debonairness,
- delicacy,
- downiness,
- effervescence,
- elasticity,
- ethereality,
- extensibility,
- exuberance,
- flexibility,
- floatability,
- fluffiness,
- foaminess,
- frothiness,
- gentleness,
- give,
- gossameriness,
- jauntiness,
- lack of weight,
- levitation,
- levity,
- light heart,
- lightheartedness,
- lightness,
- lightsomeness,
- liveliness,
- perkiness,
- pertness,
- rebound,
- resilience,
- resiliency,
- responsiveness,
- snap,
- softness,
- spring,
- springiness,
- stretch,
- stretchability,
- stretchiness,
- tenderness,
- tone,
- tonicity,
- tonus,
- unheaviness,
- volatility,
- weightlessness,
- yeastiness