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buoyancies

NOUN

lightness in weight

Synonyms

WEAK

airiness ethereality floatability levity weightlessness

Antonyms

WEAK

blues depression heaviness

NOUN

lightness in spirit

Synonyms

WEAK

animation bounce cheerfulness cheeriness ebullience effervescence exuberance gaiety good feeling good humor happiness high spirits jollity liveliness pep spiritedness sunniness vim and vigor zing zip

Antonyms

WEAK

blues depression heaviness

NOUN

tendency to float

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elasticity resilience

Antonyms

WEAK

depression

Example Sentences

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But beneath it all, there are two buoyancies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abandoned ideals and buoyancies can be seen within.

From Time Magazine Archive

To determine the true weight in vacuo at 0�, account must be taken of the different buoyancies, or losses of true weight, due to the different volumes of the solids and weights.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various