float : Idioms & Phrases
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- carling float
- dead-man's float
- Feathering float
Float copper ∨ gold - Float board
- Float case
- Float ore
- Float stone
- Float valve
- floating bridge
- floating dock
- floating dry dock
- floating fern
- floating mine
- floating policy
- floating voter
- floating-moss
- floating-point notation
- floating-point number
- floating-point operation
- floating-point representation system
Ice float ,Ice floe - ice-cream float
- milk float
- million floating point operations per second
- plasterer's float
- prone float
- root beer float
- To float with the stream
- trillion floating point operations per second
carling float
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noun a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency
life raft.
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dead-man's float
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noun a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward
dead-man's float.
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Feathering float
(Naut.) , the float or paddle of a feathering wheel.
Webster 1913
Float copper ∨ gold
(Mining) , fine particles of metallic copper or of gold suspended in water, and thus liable to be lost.
Webster 1913
Float board
- one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel; a vane.
Webster 1913
Float case
(Naut.) , a caisson used for lifting a ship.
Webster 1913
Float ore
- water-worn particles of ore; fragments of vein material found on the surface, away from the vein outcrop. Raymond.
Webster 1913
Float stone
(Arch.) , a siliceous stone used to rub stonework or brickwork to a smooth surface.
Webster 1913
Float valve
- a valve or cock acted upon by a float. See
Float , 1 (b).
Webster 1913
floating bridge
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noun a temporary bridge built over a series of pontoons
bateau bridge; pontoon bridge.
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floating dock
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noun dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised
floating dock.
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floating dry dock
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noun dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised
floating dock.
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floating fern
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noun pantropical aquatic fern
Ceratopteris thalictroides.
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noun aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
Ceratopteris pteridioides; water sprite.
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noun small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
Carolina pond fern; Azolla caroliniana; mosquito fern.
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floating mine
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noun an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it
marine mine.
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floating policy
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noun an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
floater.
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floating voter
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noun a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other
swing voter.
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floating-moss
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noun free-floating aquatic ferns
Salvinia auriculata; Salvinia rotundifolia.
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floating-point notation
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noun a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
floating-point notation.
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floating-point number
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noun a number represented in floating-point notation
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floating-point operation
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noun an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
flop.
- this computer can perform a million flops per second
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floating-point representation system
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noun a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
floating-point notation.
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Ice float , Ice floe
- a sheet of floating ice similar to an ice field, but smaller.
Webster 1913
ice-cream float
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noun a drink with ice cream floating in it
float; ice-cream soda.
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milk float
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noun a van (typically powered by electricity) with an open side that is used to deliver milk to houses
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million floating point operations per second
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noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
megaflop; MFLOP.
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plasterer's float
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noun a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
float.
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prone float
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noun a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward
dead-man's float.
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root beer float
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noun an ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer
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To float with the stream
- figuratively, to drift with the current of opinion, custom, etc., so as not to oppose or check it.
Colloq. = go with the flow, blow with the wind.
Webster 1913
trillion floating point operations per second
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noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
teraflop.