floating

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ

Adjective

floating (not comparable)

1. That which floats or float.

   floating buoys

2. Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.

   The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.

   In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.

   You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.

3. (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

Derived terms

• floating point, floating-point
• floating voter

Translations

that which floats

• Ainu: アモㇺカ (amomka)
• Bulgarian: плаващ (bg) (plavašt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漂浮的 (zh) (piāofúde)

• Finnish: kelluva
• Romanian: plutitor (ro) m, n, flotant (ro) m, n
• Spanish: flotante

not fixed

• Bulgarian: променлив (bg) (promenliv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浮動的 (zh), 浮动的 (zh) (fúdòngde)

• Finnish: liikkuva
• Romanian: flotant (ro) m, n

Verb

floating

1. Present participle of float.

Noun

floating (plural floatings)

1. (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
   • 1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)

     Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.