floatation
/floʊˈteɪʃən/
noun
- The action or process of floating on a liquid or in air.
- The principle of floatation explains why ships stay on the water.
- The floatation of the log was surprising because it was so heavy.
- Children learn about floatation by playing with toys in the bathtub.
- A method of separating materials by floating them in a liquid, often used in mining or recycling.
- The mining company uses floatation to separate valuable minerals from waste rock.
- Engineers improved the floatation process to recover more metal from ore.
- Floatation tanks help remove impurities from recycled paper.
- The act of launching a company by selling shares to the public for the first time.
- The floatation raised over $100 million for the new business.
- Investors were excited about the floatation of the popular app company.
- The tech startup planned its floatation on the stock market for next year.
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