buoyance

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Alteration of buoyancy.

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buoyance (usually uncountable, plural buoyances)

  1. The state or quality of being buoyant
    • 1988 February 5, Tom Boeker, “They Sure Are Strange in New York”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Veronica Petrillo's typical virgin is ironically similar to her streetwise actor, except for a certain added buoyance.

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