float: significado y definiciones
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To remain suspended within or on the surface of a fluid without sinking.
To be suspended in or move through space as if supported by a liquid.
To move from place to place, especially at random.
To move easily or lightly: "Miss Golightly . . . floated round in their arms light as a scarf” ( Truman Capote).
Economics To find a level in relationship to other currencies solely in response to the law of supply and demand: allowed the dollar to float.
To cause to remain suspended without sinking or falling.
To put into the water; launch: float a ship; float a navy.
To start or establish (a business enterprise, for example).
To flood (land), as for irrigation.
Economics To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to find freely its real level in relationship to other currencies.
To offer for consideration; suggest: floated my idea to the committee.
To release (a security) for sale.
To make the surface of (plaster, for example) level or smooth.
Computer Science To convert (data) from fixed-point notation to floating-point notation.
Something that floats, as:
A buoyant object, such as a cork, used to hold a net or fishing line afloat.
A landing platform attached to a wharf and floating on the water.
A floating ball attached to a lever to regulate the water level in a tank.
Biology An air-filled sac or structure that aids in the flotation of an aquatic organism. Also called air bladder, air vesicle.
A decorated exhibit or scene mounted on a mobile platform and pulled or driven in a parade.
A sum of money representing checks that are outstanding.