floating
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ
Adjective[edit]
floating (not comparable)
- That floats or float.
- floating buoys
- 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.
- (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
that floats
not fixed
Verb[edit]
floating
Noun[edit]
floating (plural floatings)
- The motion of something that floats.
- (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
- 1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
- Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.
- 1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
- The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.