buoyancy

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Singular
buoyancy

Plural
uncountable

buoyancy (uncountable)

  1. (physics) the upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid
  2. (by extension) resilience or cheerfulness

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physics: upward force on an immersed body
resilience or cheerfulness
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  • Spanish: Empuje m.

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