English
Etymology
buoyant + -cy or buoy + -ancy .
Pronunciation
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Noun
buoyancy (countable and uncountable , plural buoyancies )
( physics ) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid .
The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid .
( by extension ) Resilience or cheerfulness .
Derived terms
Translations
physics: upward force on an immersed body
Bulgarian: плаваемост f ( plavaemost )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮力 (zh) ( fúlì )
Czech: vztlak m
Danish: opdrift c
Dutch: opwaartse kracht f , drijfvermogen (nl)
Finnish: noste (fi)
French: poussée d’Archimède (fr) f , flottabilité (fr) f
Georgian: ამომგდები ძალა ( amomgdebi ʒala ) , ამწევი ძალა ( amc̣evi ʒala )
German: Auftrieb (de) m
Greek: άνωση (el) f ( ánosi ) , άντωση (el) f ( ántosi )
Hungarian: felhajtó erő
Irish: buacacht f
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Italian: spinta (it) f , spinta statica f , forza ascensionale f , spinta idrostatica f
Latin: anosa f , antosa f , buoyancia f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppdrift m or f
Nynorsk: oppdrift f
Portuguese: impulsão (pt) f , empuxo
Russian: подъёмная си́ла (ru) f ( podʺjómnaja síla ) , выта́лкивающая си́ла ( vytálkivajuščaja síla )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: plovnost (sh) f
Spanish: sustentación hidráulica , impulso (es)
Swedish: flytkraft c
Thai: แรงลอยตัว ( rɛɛng-lɔɔi-dtuua )
resilience or cheerfulness
See also