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Float or floating may refer to the following:

Float

  • Float, an air-filled vessel such as a boat or ship floats on water; see also Buoyancy
  • Pneumatocyst, a gas-filled organ of some seaweeds
  • Float (fishing), a bite indicator used in angling
  • Float (CSS attribute), a Cascading Style Sheets attribute that specifies an element's alignment relative to the elements it precedes.
  • Float, the common name for the IEEE 754 standard for representing floating point numbers in computer science
  • Float (parade), a decorated vehicle or platform, animal- or man-drawn or motorzied, used in a festive parade
  • Float (project management), the amount of time that a terminal element in a project network can be delayed by, without causing a delay to: subsequent terminal elements, or project completion date
  • Float (money supply), in economics, makes up the smallest part of the money supply
  • Float (finance); the free float of a public company is an estimate of proportion of shares that are not held by large owners and that are not stock with sales restrictions
  • Float, in insurance, investable policyholder funds
  • Float (breakdance move), a balance-intensive breakdance move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands
  • Float (album), the first major release of rapper Aesop Rock
  • Float, a song by The Music from their 2003 album The Music
  • Valve float, part of an internal combustion engine
  • Milk float, a small battery electric vehicle specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk
  • Root beer float, ice cream and root beer mixed together
  • FloAts Mobile Agent, an open-source mobile phone management program
  • Planemaker's Float, a rasp-like woodworking tool having a series of sharp parallel cutting teeth.

Floating

  • Buoyancy
  • Floating (psychological phenomenon), slipping (back) into altered states
  • Floating, the guitar technique of sustaining a chord rather than scratching
  • Floating currency, a currency that uses a floating exchange rate as its exchange rate regime
  • Floating exchange rate, a type of exchange rate regime wherein a currency's value is allowed to fluctuate according to the foreign exchange market
  • Floating (dance), a group of footwork-oriented dance techniques closely related to popping
  • Floating point, a datatype in computer science
  • Floating, in electronics, being electrically disconnected from a power source, for example, a floating-gate transistor has a gate element insulated from its electrodes
  • Floating, in computer typesetting environments such as HTML, wikitext, or desktop publishing, describes the alignment of an element to the left or right while text wraps around it
  • Floating (album), the third album by the German progressive rock band Eloy
  • Isolation tank, people often refer to using a sensory deprivation, isolation tank for relaxation as "floating".
Pontoon may refer to:
  • Pontoon (game), the Australian/Malaysian casino game
  • Pontoon (boat), the flat-bottomed boat, or floats used to support a structure on water
  • Ponton (automobile), the car body style
  • Pontoon fenders, the fender style

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In physics, buoyancy is the upward force on an object produced by the surrounding fluid (i.e., a liquid or a gas) in which it is fully, or partially immersed, due to the pressure difference of the fluid between the top and bottom of the object.
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Phytology

A pneumatocyst is a large float containing gas found in brown algae. An organism may have more than one. They provide buoyancy to lift the blades toward the surface, allowing them to receive more sunlight for photosynthesis.
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A float (sometimes also called a bobber) is a device used in angling, and it serves two purposes. It suspends the bait at a predetermined depth, and it serves as a bite indicator. Floats come in different sizes and shapes.
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Cascading Style Sheets

File extension: .css
MIME type: text/css
Developed by: World Wide Web Consortium
Type of format: Stylesheet language
Standard(s): Level 1 (Recommendation)
Level 2 (Recommendation)
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Cascading Style Sheets

File extension: .css
MIME type: text/css
Developed by: World Wide Web Consortium
Type of format: Stylesheet language
Standard(s): Level 1 (Recommendation)
Level 2 (Recommendation)
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The IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) is the most widely-used standard for floating-point computation, and is followed by many CPU and FPU implementations.
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float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Key West Fantasy Fest parade, and the Tournament of Roses Parade.
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Float (a.k.a Slack) in project management is the amount of time that a terminal element in a project network can be delayed by, without causing a delay to:
  • subsequent terminal elements (free float)
  • project completion date (total float).

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In economics, float makes up the smallest part of the money supply. Float occurs when there is a delay in the clearing of payments between banks. It is most obvious in the time delay between when you write a cheque and when the funds to cover that cheque are deducted from your
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The free float of a public company is an estimate of the proportion of shares that are not held by large owners and that are not stock with sales restrictions (restricted stock that cannot be sold until they become unrestricted stock).
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float or glide is a breakdance move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands. Though it appears to demand great strength, the float actually requires balance above all because the breaker's weight is supported on the elbows which
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Float
(2000) Labor Days
(2001)

Float is American hip hop artist Aesop Rock's second full-length album, his first major release.

Track listing

  1. "Float" – 1:54
  2. * Producer: Aesop Rock

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The Music
(2002) Welcome to the North
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The Music is the eponymous debut album by British rock band The Music, first released in September 2002.

Track listing

  • All tracks written by The Music.

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Valve float is an adverse condition which occurs when the poppet valves on an internal combustion engine valvetrain do not remain in contact with the camshaft lobe during the valve closure phase of the cam lobe profile.
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milk float is a small battery electric vehicle (BEV), specifically designed for the delivery of fresh milk. They were once common in many European countries, particularly the United Kingdom, and were operated by local dairies.
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A root beer float is a dessert that consists of root beer and ice cream (traditionally vanilla-flavored). It is usually made by scooping ice cream into a glass or mug, and then pouring in root beer.
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floAt's Mobile Agent or FMA is an open-source software program that is used to communicate with and control various mobile phones from a PC. Features include:

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Float has several other meanings. For other uses, see the Float disambiguation page.
A Planemaker's Float is a traditional woodworking tool generally used when making a wooden plane.
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In physics, buoyancy is the upward force on an object produced by the surrounding fluid (i.e., a liquid or a gas) in which it is fully, or partially immersed, due to the pressure difference of the fluid between the top and bottom of the object.
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Floating, in a psychological context, means slipping (back) into altered states of mind. People who leave a cult or sect that emphasizes chanting, meditation, monotonous singing etc.
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Dampening, also damping, refers to the musical technique of muting an instrument while playing it, or soon after, before it has lost its sustain (stopped ringing). It can be used on a wide variety of string and percussion instruments.
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A floating currency is a currency that uses a floating exchange rate as its exchange rate regime. A floating currency is contrasted with a fixed currency.

In the modern world, the majority of the world's currencies are officially but not really floating, including
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Floating rate may also refer to a floating interest rate applied to a loan or other lending product.


A floating exchange rate
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Popping

Integrated styles
  • Electric boogaloo
  • Floating
  • Liquid dancing
  • Robot
  • Strobing
  • Tutting
  • Waving
More...

See also
  • Funk styles
  • Locking
  • Street dance


Floating, gliding
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In computing, floating-point is a numerical-representation system in which a string of digits (or bits) represents a real number. The most commonly encountered representation is that defined by the IEEE 754 Standard.
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The floating-gate transistor is a kind of transistor that is commonly used for non-volatile storage such as flash, EPROM and EEPROM memory. Floating-gate transistors are almost always floating-gate MOSFETs.
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Typesetting involves the presentation of textual material in graphic form on paper or some other medium. Before the advent of desktop publishing, typesetting of printed material was produced in print shops by compositors working by hand, and later with machines.
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Eloy. Released in 1974.

Track listing

  • All songs written by Eloy except where indicated.
  1. "Floating" – 3:59
  2. "The Light From Deep Darkness" – 14:35
  3. "Castle in the Air" – 7:13
  4. "Plastic Girl" – 9:07

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