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Что (кто) такое float - определение
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Float (album); Float (disambiguation); Floats; Float (song)
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float
<programming> The usual keyword for the floating-point
data type, e.g. in the C programming language. The
keyword "double" usually also introduces a floating-point
type, but with twice the precession of a float.
(2008-06-13)
float
¦ verb
1. rest or cause to rest on the surface of a liquid without sinking.
be suspended freely in a liquid or gas.
2. move slowly or hover in a liquid or the air.
move in a casual or leisurely way.
(in sport) make (the ball) travel lightly and effortlessly through the air.
3. put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.
4. offer the shares of (a company) for sale on the stock market for the first time.
5. (of a currency) fluctuate freely in value.
¦ noun
1. any hollow or lightweight object or device used to achieve buoyancy in water.
a small floating object attached to a fishing line to signal the bite of a fish.
a floating device which forms part of a valve apparatus controlling a flow of water.
2. Brit. a small vehicle or cart powered by electricity.
a platform mounted on a truck and carrying a display in a procession.
3. Brit. a sum of money used for change at the beginning of a period of selling in a shop, stall, etc.
4. chiefly N. Amer. a soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
5. a hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster.
Phrases
float someone's boat informal appeal to or excite someone.
Derivatives
floatable adjective
Origin
OE flotian, of Gmc origin and related to fleet5.
float
(floats, floating, floated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something or someone is floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can also float something on a liquid.
They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water.
...barges floating quietly by the grassy river banks...
They'll spend some time floating boats in the creek.
VERB: V in n, V prep/adv, V n, also V n prep/adv
2.
Something that floats lies on or just below the surface of a liquid when it is put in it and does not sink.
Empty things float.
? sink
VERB: V
3.
A float is a light object that is used to help someone or something float.
N-COUNT
4.
A float is a small object attached to a fishing line which floats on the water and moves when a fish has been caught.
N-COUNT
5.
Something that floats in or through the air hangs in it or moves slowly and gently through it.
The white cloud of smoke floated away.
VERB: V prep/adv
6.
If you float a project, plan, or idea, you suggest it for others to think about.
The French had floated the idea of placing the diplomatic work in the hands of the UN.
VERB: V n
7.
If a company director floats their company, they start to sell shares in it to the public. (BUSINESS)
He floated his firm on the stock market...
The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether to float 60 per cent or 100 per cent of the shares.
VERB: V n on n, V n
8.
If a government floats its country's currency or allows it to float, it allows the currency's value to change freely in relation to other currencies. (BUSINESS)
A decision by the Finns to float their currency sent a shudder through the foreign exchanges...
59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely.
VERB: V n, V
9.
A float is a truck on which displays and people in special costumes are carried in a festival procession.
N-COUNT
see also milk float
10.
A float is a small amount of coins and notes of low value that someone has before they start selling things so that they are able to give customers change if necessary. (BRIT)
N-SING
float
I. v. n.
Swim, waft, be buoyed up.
II. v. a.
Buoy up, bear up, keep afloat, bear on the surface.
III. n.
1.
Raft, floating mass.
2.
Buoy.
3.
Float-board.
Float
·vi A coal cart.
II. Float ·vi The sea; a wave. ·see Flote, ·noun.
III. Float ·vi The act of flowing; flux; flow.
IV. Float ·vi A float board. ·see Float board (below).
V. Float ·vi A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
VI. Float ·vi A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
VII. Float ·noun To rest on the surface of any fluid; to Swim; to be buoyed up.
VIII. Float ·vt To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.
IX. Float ·vi The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
XI. Float ·vi The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish.
XII. Float ·vi A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
XIII. Float ·vi A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
XIV. Float ·vi The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
XV. Float ·vt To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.
XVI. Float ·vi A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die.
XVII. Float ·vi Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.
XVIII. Float ·vt To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go into, or continue in, operation.
XIX. Float ·vi Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something.
XX. Float ·noun To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air.
Float (woodworking)
METAL FILE USED FOR MAKING WOODEN HAND PLANES
Planemaker's Float; Planemaker's float
A woodworking float (more rarely used in silversmithing), also called a planemaker's float, is a tapered, flat, single cut file"float, n. 16.
Float (parade)
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DECORATED PLATFORM WHICH IS A COMPONENT OF MANY FESTIVE PARADES
Parade float; Parade floats; Festival float; Carnival float
A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle like a truck or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as those of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the Carnival in São Paulo, the Carnival of Viareggio, the Maltese Carnival, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Key West Fantasy Fest parade, the Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the 500 Festival Parade in Indianapolis, the United States Presidential Inaugural Parade, and the Tournament of Roses Parade. For the latter event, floats are decorated entirely in flowers or other plant material.
Float (liquid level)
BUOYANT OBJECT USED TO INDICATE LIQUID LEVEL
Liquid level float
Liquid level floats, also known as float balls, are spherical, cylindrical, oblong or similarly shaped objects, made from either rigid or flexible material, that are buoyant in water and other liquids. They are non-electrical hardware frequently used as visual sight-indicators for surface demarcation and level measurement.
Fishing float
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ANGLING EQUIPMENT
Float (fishing); Bobber (fishing)
A fishing float or bobber is a lightweight buoy used in angling, usually attached to a fishing line. A float can serve several purposes:
Float (horse-drawn)
FORM OF TWO-WHEELED HORSE-DRAWN CART
A float is a form of two-wheeled horse-drawn cart with a dropped axle to give an especially low load-bed.
