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buoyancy

[boi-uhn-see, boo-yuhn-see] / ˈbɔɪ ən si, ˈbu yən si /
NOUN
tendency to float
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Buoyancy and the touch of water on skin are magic, he said, but there’s science involved too.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

The spacesuits will undergo further testing at Nasa's Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Lab over the next year, before Artemis III launches in 2024.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

"Buoyancy" captures this grim existence — sparse meals, sleeping in a cramped space, and fearing punishment at every turn.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2020

No amount of underwater spacewalk training in NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab can prepare you for these temperature shifts, he adds.

From National Geographic • Nov. 5, 2015

Buoyancy is figured out and assured; the pumps are in place, throbbing and droning out, throwing steady streams from the weight of water that so long has held the foundered wreck in depth.

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)




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