Float
There are several meanings of
float:
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pontoon, an
air-filled vessel such as a boat or ship floats on
water;
*
buoyancy*
float (horse-drawn) is a small, low-loading vehicle, used for deliveries. Changing practises produced the electric
milk float.
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float (parade), a decorated vehicle or platform, animal- or man-drawn or motorzied, used in a festive
parade*
float (project management)*
float (money supply and banking)*
Floating, gliding and sliding, a group of footwork-oriented dance techniques closely related to popping.
*
float (breakdancing move)*
floating currency*
valve float in an internal combustion engine
*
floating exchange rate*
floating point, a
datatype in
computer science*
free float of company stock
*
insurance (investable policyholder funds)
*
floating (psychological phenomenon)*
root beer float:
ice cream and
root beer mixed together
*
floating (music), the guitar technique of sustaining a chord rather than scratching
*In
electronics, an element floats if it is electrically disconnected from a power source. For example, a
floating gate transistor has a gate element insulated from its
electrodes.
*In computer
typesetting environments such as
HTML,
wikitext or
desktop publishing, "floating" describes the alignment of an element (such as an image or table) to the left or right while text wraps around it.
*
FloAts Mobile Agent, an
open-source mobile phone management program.
*"Float," a song by The Music from their 2003 album
The Music
