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buoy·ant (boi'ənt, bū'yənt)
adj. # Having or marked by buoyancy: a buoyant balloon; buoyant spirits. # Lighthearted; gay: in a buoyant mood. [Spanish boyante, present participle of boyar, to refloat a boat, from boya, buoy, from Old French boue. See http://www.answers.com/topic/buoy?initiator=WANS.] buoyantly buoy'ant·ly adv.
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It means the ability to float. A balloon has buoyancy, a rock does not.
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What word means the opposite of buoyant?
heavy; weighted; sinking
What is the word that means able to float on the water?
Buoyant means able to float. Adjective.
What dose buoyant mean?
Buoyant is an adjective and it means 'able to float'. Example: The inner tube was buoyant.
What does bounacy mean?
it means if an item can float or not if it can flout it is a buoyant object and if it can't it isn't buoyant
Does an objects buoyant and weight mean the same thing?
no because buoyant means how much can an object float and weight means how much it weighs.
Why does a rock has to sink?
A rock sinks because it is not buoyant. Buoyancy is whether or not something floats in water. There are three levels of buoyancy; buoyant, neutrally buoyant, and not buoyant. When something is buoyant, that means it has a lower density than water, causing it to float. When something is neutrally buoyant, that means it has roughly the same density as water, causing it to float half way between the bottom and the surface. Finally, when something is not buoyant (like a rock), that means that it has a higher density than water, causing it to sink to the bottom.
Does An object's buoyant force and weight mean the same thing?
no because buoyant means how much can an object float and weight means how much it weighs.
The scientific word for floats easily?
its buoyant
What word describes objects that float?
buoyant
Where did the word buoyancy come from?
The word buoyancy is used to describe whether or not something is able to float. The word comes from the English word buoyant which was derived from the Spanish word "boyar" which means "to float" during the 16th century.
If the object is buoyant wil it tend to sink or float?
Buoyant means: Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
How do you write a sentence with the word buoyant in it?
I went to test the buoyancy of a piece of paper and a brick and found that the brick was not buoyant, but the paper was
