Buoyancy vs. Upthrust

Buoyancynoun

(physics) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.

Buoyancynoun

The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.

Buoyancynoun

(by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness.

Buoyancynoun

The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.

Buoyancynoun

The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced.

Buoyancynoun

Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; - the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.

Buoyancynoun

cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

Buoyancynoun

the property of something weightless and insubstantial

Buoyancynoun

irrepressible liveliness and good spirit;

Buoyancy

Buoyancy (), or upthrust, is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of a partially or fully immersed object. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid.

Upthrustnoun

An upward thrust.

Upthrustnoun

(nautical) Buoyancy.

Upthrustnoun

(geology) An upward movement of part of the Earth's crust.

Upthrustverb

(transitive) To thrust something upwards.

Upthrustverb

(intransitive) To be thrust upwards.

Upthrustnoun

(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)